An explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
A great noise; a hollow sound.
Noun
an explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions
Noun
strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
Noun
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"
Verb
throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
Verb
fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
n.
A great noise; a hollow sound.
n.
A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from
mortars. See Shell.
n.
A bomb ketch.
v. t.
To bombard.
v. i.
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
Bomb
A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath.2.
Bomb
Bomb
A great noise; a hollow sound.
To bombard.
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
Usage Examples
We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.
Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.
Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.
Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb.
A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass and beyond there is a different country.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.
David Lee Roth had the idea that if you covered a successful song, you were half way home. C'mon - Van Halen doing 'Dancing in the Streets'? It was stupid. I started feeling like I would rather bomb playing my own songs than be successful playing someone else's music.
They have involved co-operation between the Iraqi intelligence and al-Qaeda operatives on training and combined operations regarding bomb making and chemical and biological weapons.
We had news this morning of another successful atomic bomb being dropped on Nagasaki. These two heavy blows have fallen in quick succession upon the Japanese and there will be quite a little space before we intend to drop another.
We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.
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