daisy cutter
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Definition
Noun: 1. A low-flying ball in sports: In baseball or tennis, a batted or served ball that travels very close to the ground, making it difficult to field or return. 2. A type of bomb: A bomb designed to detonate at or just above ground level, intended to maximize its destructive area against personnel and unarmored vehicles. It typically has a large proportion of its weight as casing material that fragments upon explosion.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Sports):
- The hitter sent a perfect daisy cutter between the shortstop and third baseman for a single.
- Her serve was a tricky daisy cutter that stayed low after the bounce.
- Noun (Military):
- The aircraft deployed daisy cutters to clear the landing zone of enemy troops.
- This type of daisy cutter is designed to produce a wide blast radius.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used descriptively rather than as an official military designation. In modern contexts, it is strongly associated with large fuel-air explosives (FAEs) or other bombs intended for area denial and anti-personnel use.
Variants and Related Words
- Line drive (noun): A baseball term for a batted ball hit sharply and directly, often low to the ground, which can be synonymous with a in a sports context.
- Ground-hugging (adjective): Describing something, like a ball or missile, that travels very close to the ground.
Synonyms
- (Sports): Worm-burner (slang), low liner, line drive.
- (Military): Anti-personnel bomb, area denial weapon, FAE (Fuel-Air Explosive) in some specific contexts.
Related Idioms
- To cut the daisies: An informal, metaphorical phrase derived from the bomb's name, meaning to destroy or clear everything at ground level. (e.g., )
Noun
- a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground
- a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles