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Bomb

bɒm

Bomb definitions
noun
bomb bombs
  1. a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device

    "a bomb attack"

    explosive incendiary device incendiary device
    • an explosive device fitted into a specified object

      "a 100 lb van bomb"

    • nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction

      "she joined the fight against the bomb"

  2. a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano
    • a pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom
  3. a large sum of money

    "that silk must have cost a bomb"

    a fortune a small fortune a king's ransom a huge amount a vast sum a large sum of money a lot millions billions
  4. a film, play, or other event that fails badly

    "that bomb of an old movie"

  5. an outstandingly good person or thing

    "the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently"

  6. a long forward pass or hit in a ball game

    "a two-run bomb"

  7. a cannabis cigarette
    cannabis cigarette marijuana cigarette
verb
bomb bombed bombing bombs
  1. attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs

    "they bombed the city at dawn"

    bombard drop bombs on explode blast
    • make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs

      "my family were bombed out while I was fighting"

  2. move very quickly

    "we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed"

  3. (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly

    "it just became another big-budget film that bombed"

    fail be unsuccessful not succeed lack success fall through fall flat break down abort miscarry be defeated suffer defeat be in vain be frustrated collapse founder misfire backfire not come up to scratch meet with disaster come to grief come to nothing come to naught miss the mark run aground go astray