(~s)
If a place suffers a ~, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
The dug-outs were secure from everything but a ~.
N-COUNT
(~s)
If a place suffers a ~, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
The dug-outs were secure from everything but a ~.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012