bomb

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A weapon that explodes and causes damage.

   The old bomb was found buried near the railway.

2. 2
   verb

   To attack a place with bombs.

   The city was bombed heavily during the war.

3. 3
   noun

   A complete failure, especially a film or product.

   The movie was a box-office bomb.

4. 4
   verb

   (informal) To fail badly, especially a test.

   I totally bombed the maths exam.

Common collocations

• bomb calorimeter Noun + noun
• bomb scare Noun + noun
• fragmentation bomb Noun + noun
• incendiary bomb Adjective + noun
• plutonium bomb Noun + noun
• stink bomb Noun + noun

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

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