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bomb

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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

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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

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