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How to pronounce bombshell in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms thunderbolt, thunderclap
Type of surprise


news of the attack came like a bombshell.
Type Words
Type of entertainer


she was a blonde bombshell.
Type Words
Type of bomb

Examples of bombshell

bombshell
The show puts a single bombshell woman in a mansion with 30 single gorgeous men.
From the kansas.com
Jolie plays a British bombshell who encounters frumpy American Depp on a train.
From the freep.com
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped perhaps the biggest bombshell.
From the time.com
The sexually precocious Teeny has become a bombshell, of the cinematic variety.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Police Chief Richard LaMunyon warned in a terse, bombshell announcement Friday.
From the kansas.com
Hundreds of employees, gathered in the cafeteria, were about to hear a bombshell.
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Then Kari, who knows Jasen and Becky just as well as I do, dropped her bombshell.
From the delawareonline.com
But Gingrich faces a last-minute bombshell that could explode as soon as today.
From the bostonherald.com
Earlier tonight, Mike posted a bombshell that must have made super angels shudder.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • An entertainer who has a sensational effect; "she was a blonde bombshell"
  • A shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
  • An explosive bomb or artillery shell
  • Bombshell is an album by King Creosote, released in 2007.
  • Bombshell is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Teen Titans vol. 3, #38, and was created by Geoff Johns and Tony Daniel.
  • Bombshell (1933) is a film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, Mary Forbes and Franchot Tone.
  • Bombshell (Wendy Conrad) is a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe.
  • The term bombshell is a forerunner to the sex symbol and originally used to describe popular female sex icons.
  • Bombshell is the name of several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. He is sometimes called Hardshell.