Bomb
11bomb|er — «BOM uhr», noun. 1. an airplane used to drop bombs on the enemy: »The bombers flew over the enemy city releasing bombs that set many targets afire. 2. a person who throws or drops bombs or who sets explosive charges as acts of sabotage or… …
12bomb — bombable, adj. /bom/, n. 1. Mil. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any similar missile or… …
13bomb — bomb1 W3S2 [bɔm US ba:m] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weapon)¦ 2¦(bad performance/event)¦ 3 be the bomb 4 the bomb 5 cost a bomb 6 make a bomb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from …
14bomb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. [bomb]shell; slang, flop (See failure). See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. weapon, missile, high explosive, charge, bombshell, grenade; see also explosive , mine 2 , nuclear bomb , shell 2 . Types of… …
15“Bomb” — by Gregory Corso (1958) “Bomb” was written by gregory corso in Paris in 1957 and was first published in 1958 as a broadside by City Lights in San Francisco. The poem was subsequently printed as a foldout in Corso’s collection The Happy… …
16Bomb — A bomb is any of a range of devices that typically rely on the exothermic chemical reaction of an explosive material to produce an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. (A nuclear weapon employs chemical based explosives to initiate a… …
17bomb — Synonyms and related words: A bomb, Grand Guignol, H bomb, Passion play, Tom show, aerial bomb, antimasque, antipersonnel bomb, astonishment, atom bomb, atomic bomb, audience success, ballet, batter, be a gas, be a hit, bill, blast, blitz,… …
18bomb — n. 1) to detonate, explode, set off; drop; fuse a bomb 2) to plant a bomb 3) to deactivate, defuse a bomb 4) to dispose of an unexploded bomb 5) an atom, atomic, fission, nuclear; fusion, hydrogen; neutron bomb 6) a clean; dirty bomb 7) a buzz;… …
19bomb — bomb1 [ bam ] noun *** 1. ) count a weapon made to explode at a particular time or when it hits something: Bombs fell on the city every night for two weeks. plant a bomb: The bomb had been planted in a busy street. a ) only before noun relating… …
20bomb — I UK [bɒm] / US [bɑm] noun Word forms bomb : singular bomb plural bombs *** 1) a) [countable] a weapon made to explode at a particular time or when it hits something Bombs fell on the city every night for two weeks. plant a bomb: The bomb had… …
