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Synonyms for bomb

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bom
Phonetic Transcription : bÉ’m

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Définition of bomb

Origin :
  • 1580s, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus "a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound," from Greek bombos "deep and hollow sound," echoic. Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909. Meaning "old car" is from 1953. Meaning "success" is from 1954 (late 1990s slang the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963. The bomb "atomic bomb" is from 1945.
  • noun exploding weapon
  • verb detonate weapon
  • verb fail miserably
Example sentences :
  • Would you think that Michaelis had anything to do with the preparation of that bomb, for instance?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • And that sentence, uttered carelessly, had come like a bomb into my life.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • "So you can hear the bomb explosions," suggested the Countess.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • They placed a bomb in a vital spot and set it off, sinking the merchantman.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • He got the connection of thoughts when a bomb was slid over the edge.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • Dr. Bird looked back toward the building they had tried to bomb.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • Coleman was just starting to struggle the bomb out of his pants when the action was over.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
  • Had he flung a bomb into my bed he could not more effectively have startled me.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Mr. Caryll looked whimsically at the secretary a moment; then flung his bomb.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "La Bomba," "The Bomb," was the sign over a saddle and harness shop.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

Antonyms for bomb

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