Bomb

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
  • noun. An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
  • noun. Any of various weapons detonated to release destructive material, such as smoke or gas.
  • noun. A long forward pass.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A container capable of withstanding high internal pressure.
  • noun. A vessel for storing compressed gas.
  • noun. A portable, manually operated container that ejects a spray, foam, or gas under pressure.
  • noun. A dismal failure; a fiasco.
  • noun. An old car.
  • noun. One that is excellent or superior. Used with the.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A large amount of money.
  • noun. A great success.
  • intransitive verb. To attack, damage, or destroy with or as if with bombs.
  • intransitive verb. To drop a bomb or bombs.
  • intransitive verb. To fail miserably.
  • intransitive verb. To paint a graffito.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To attack with bombs; bombard.
  • noun. An explosive projectile, consisting of a hollow ball or spherical shell, generally of cast-iron, filled with a bursting charge, fired from a mortar, and usually exploded by means of a fuse or tube filled with a slow-burning compound, which is ignited by the exploding powder when the mortar is discharged.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any missile constructed upon similar principles: as, a dynamite bomb.
  • noun. In geology, a block of scoria ejected from the crater of a volcano.
  • noun. A small war-vessel carrying mortars for throwing bombs; a bomb-ketch.
  • noun. A great noise; a loud hollow sound; the stroke of a bell.
  • A variant of boom.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A great noise; a hollow sound.
  • noun. A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.
  • noun. A bomb ketch.
  • noun. a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.
  • noun. a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.
  • noun. a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape.
  • intransitive verb. To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  • transitive verb. To bombard.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
  • noun. A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
  • noun. A car in poor condition.
  • noun. A large amount of money, a fortune.
  • noun. A success; the bomb.
  • noun. A very attractive woman; a bombshell.
  • noun. An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
  • noun. The atomic bomb.
  • noun. A long forward pass.
  • noun. A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
  • noun. A jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, for maximum splashing.
  • verb. To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
  • verb. To fail dismally.
  • Word Usage
    "“We have a situation,” Tyler said, deliberately not using the word bomb for fear of panicking those around him."
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