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Type Words
Synonyms bombard
Type of attack, assail
Has types blast, bomb out, carpet bomb, dive-bomb, atom-bomb, firebomb, glide-bomb, hydrogen-bomb, letter bomb, nuke, pattern-bomb, shell, skip-bomb, atomise, zap, atomize
Derivation bomber, bombing


The Americans bombed Dresden.
Type Words
Synonyms dud, turkey
Type of bust, fizzle, flop
Type Words
Synonyms bomb calorimeter
Type of calorimeter
Type Words
Synonyms fail, flunk, flush it
Verb group fail
Type Words
Type of munition, implements of war, arms, weaponry, explosive device, weapons system
Has types briefcase bomb, car bomb, chemical bomb, cluster bomb, cluster bomblet, cruise missile, daisy cutter, depth bomb, depth charge, dumb bomb, a-bomb, firebomb, fission bomb, fragmentation bomb, fuel-air bomb, fugo, fusion bomb, gas bomb, gas shell, general-purpose bomb, gp bomb, gravity bomb, grenade, h-bomb, hydrogen bomb, incendiary, incendiary bomb, infernal machine, letter bomb, megaton bomb, microwave bomb, package bomb, parcel bomb, penetration bomb, pipe bomb, plastic bomb, plutonium bomb, remote-control bomb, smart bomb, smoke bomb, smoke grenade, stench bomb, stink bomb, thermobaric bomb, thermonuclear bomb, time bomb, vacuum bomb, volume-detonation bomb, e-bomb, aerosol bomb, anti-personnel bomb, antipersonnel bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, balloon bomb, bomblet, bombshell
Derivation bomblet

Examples of bomb

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We asked ourselves once they achieve a nuclear bomb, what will be the next step?
From the newsweek.com
The Iranians have managed to open a second front for their nuclear bomb project.
From the washingtontimes.com
It was a great event to photograph and I think I was only hit by one flour bomb.
From the stltoday.com
A person familiar with the matter said the passenger had said he carried a bomb.
From the online.wsj.com
Inside they allegedly found bomb-making chemicals and military-grade detonators.
From the upi.com
The ministry representative said the bomb contained more than 130 pounds of TNT.
From the upi.com
On Monday, they were on patrol with Alpha Company when a roadside bomb exploded.
From the freep.com
A radio-guided bomb with a success rate 80 times higher than that of its rivals.
From the abcnews.go.com
It also detonated a car bomb outside a state governor's office in December 2006.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
  • Bombard: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
  • Bomb calorimeter: strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
  • Fail: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
  • Turkey: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
  • Atom bomb: a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
  • A bomb is any of a range(short or long distance) of explosive devices that only rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. ...
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  • In several forms of football a forward pass is when the ball is thrown in the direction that the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. ...