誤爆

Reading

Kana: ごばく

Romaji: gobaku

Definition

noun

vs

1

bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire

Kanji

誤

Readings: ゴ、 あやま.る、 -あやま.る

Meanings: mistake, err, do wrong, mislead

爆

Readings: バク、 は.ぜる

Meanings: bomb, burst open, pop, split

Example Sentence

海軍(かいぐん)のジェット機(き)はとんでもない方向(ほうこう)に飛行(ひこう)して、味方(みかた)の軍隊(ぐんたい)を誤爆(ごばく)した模様(もよう)だ。

➥It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.