bomb

Speech parts

1. bomb - Noun

2. bomb - Adjective

3. bomb - Verb

Meaning

A great noise; a hollow sound.

A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

A bomb ketch.

To bombard.

To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

turkey charge shell fail explosive bombard bombshell flunk grenade hare IED cleaver hie bolt gallop
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Antonyms

swan potter dally tarry diddle work
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Hypernyms

attack arms bust flop calorimeter munition

Hyponyms

H-bomb A-bomb shell blast incendiary bombshell

Phrases with the word

atomic F-bomb costing a bomb bomb that can be thrown cost a bomb go like a bomb bottle bomb

Examples

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent. Charles de Gaulle

One has to look out for engineers-they begin with sewing machines and end up with the atomic bomb. Marcel Pagnol

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the U.S. reactionaries use to scare people. it looks terrible but in fact it isn't. Of course, the atom bomb is a weapon of mass slaughter, but the outcome of a war is decided by the people--not by one of two new types of weapon. Mao Zedong

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. Charles Krauthammer

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts. Benito Mussolini

Hit like a bomb. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Bomarea edulis Bomarea salsilla Bomarsund bomb around bomb attack bomb blast