Definition of bomb in English:

bomb

noun bɒmbɑm

1A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.
as modifier a bomb attack
Example sentencesExamples
- The majority of guerrilla attacks on US occupation forces have been carried out by remotely detonated bombs or rocket-propelled grenades.
- Just as my vehicle crossed an aqueduct, they detonated a homemade bomb by remote control and it tore through the floor of my car.
- One day in October, a bomb exploded under his truck.
- He said the bomb was detonated by remote control.
- The latest technology of death - incendiary bombs and high explosives - rained down on unprotected people for three hours.
- But even the remote controlled bombs are not the perfect weapon.
- In the warehouse, Morriss's trap detonated, and a bomb exploded.
- A bomb or grenade also exploded on the road during the shooting, but caused no casualties.
- According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices.
- The court heard that the bomb contained high explosives that were normally used for mining explosions in Northern Ireland.
- Those left behind learned to live with the fear of explosive or incendiary bombs.
- It is why they blow up big bombs in civilian crowds.
- The dirty bomb was made from a material called radioactive zirconium which was packed into a bomb casing with high explosives.
- That night airships dropped high explosive bombs and incendiaries on Bradley, Tipton, Wednesbury and Walsall.
- A guard activated a radio-jamming device immediately so the bomb couldn't be detonated, West wrote.
- Not all of the bombs detonated on impact, and many still lie in the ground here.
- According to some reports the bomb contained material which was also found in bombs which exploded last year in blocks of flats situated in the suburbs of Moscow.
- He would fill the cores of bombs with explosives, and part of his job was to go to the aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada.
- It appeared the car was booby-trapped and the bomb was detonated by remote control.
- A passenger said the sound of the impact sounded like a bomb exploding.
- There have been a total of 35 shooting attacks, and 13 bombs exploded.
- The second night attack, which used high explosive and incendiary bombs alternately, caused the first man-made firestorm which affected an area of 22sq.km.
- An exact mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs was used to start the kind of fires that burned Dresden.
- A bomb or a missile explodes, spreading the chemical or biological agent over a wide area.
- Similarly, although aircraft might contain high-explosive bombs, the target might require cluster bomb units.
- It was later discovered that the bombs were practice bombs, filled with concrete or plaster, rather than explosives.
- However, nothing happened until about 9.00 am when the capital was attacked with both incendiary and high explosive bombs.
Synonyms
explosive, incendiary device, incendiary, device
missile, projectile, trajectile
dated blockbuster, bombshell
1. 1.1with modifier An explosive device fitted into a specified object.
  a 100 lb van bomb
  Example sentencesExamples
  A deadly manuscript bomb set off in an American city.
  Car bombs are a very significant part, car bombs, truck bombs, explosive devices.
  The building has been targeted before, and was the scene of a massive van bomb in 1993.
  Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast.
  They also discuss how to make a pressure cooker bomb and using a Walkman headset into a bobby-trapped device.
  Exactly one year ago today, a devastating truck bomb tore through the Headquarters, killing 22 people.
  Many people were killed, including a friend of mine who was hit by shrapnel from a van bomb.
  Following last Friday's bicycle bomb murder, a large number of workers went on strike in the city today.
  He made sure of that when he sent her a package bomb that blew off her hands and nearly killed her.
  The employment of car and truck bombs demonstrates a level of expertise that perhaps would suggest the involvement of well-trained terrorists.
  Big Ben has more recently figured in fevered truck bomb scenarios that result in it crashing down.
  At 7.49 am, a backpack bomb tore through their train as it entered Santa Eugenia station, nine miles from Atocha.
  But the owner used his telecommunications expertise to prepare the mobile phones that detonated the train bombs by remote control.
2. 1.2the bomb Nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction.
  she joined the fight against the bomb
  Example sentencesExamples
  These proposals were eventually rejected for fear that the use of the bomb might provoke a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
  Of little military significance, the city of 250,000 provided a good test of the bomb's destructiveness.
  From the very outset all the combatants knew that the bomb would be both a weapon of destruction and a weapon of terror.
  Part one, describing the destructive effects of the bomb on the population of the two cities, was published on August 6.
  The danger is that the government's scaremongering proves so effective that if the worst comes to pass, lives will be lost as a result of fear and ignorance rather than the direct effects of the bomb.
  Once inside the target, burning uranium is another part of the bomb's destructive power.
  Despite the unarguable logic of the bomb, nuclear wars don't happen.
  Harry Truman, who made the decision to use it, shared with the electorate the opinion that the bomb was a legitimate weapon.
  Let me say that I have a strong but constructive critique against parts of the traditional left with regard to their attitude to the bomb and nuclear power.
  The age of the bomb, and of other weapons of mass destruction (chemical and biological) continues.
  Synonyms
  nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, A-bombs
2A lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.
Example sentencesExamples
- Fresh manure, too, dollops of it ramping over the concrete lip of the stall floor like lava bombs flung from a brown volcano.
- The group hovered along the surface, flying over the lava fields and dodging the rare incoming of a lava bomb.
- Everyone else gets going out of the way of the lava bombs and lava flows.
- And though he'd heard that reaching the 12500-foot summit would be an ordeal, he wasn't prepared for the scorching lava bombs that Erebus hurled at him.
- The party ran out of the palace and looked up in the sky and saw a swarm of what looked like lava bees holding lava bombs.
1. 2.1 A pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The lead should be heavy enough to counter the weight of the current, and flat bombs are better than round ones which will tend to roll downstream with the current.
  For longer range work I will use a semi-fixed bomb for weights up to 1/2 ounce.
3a bombBritish informal A large sum of money.
that silk must have cost a bomb
Example sentencesExamples
- I told him that it would cost a bomb and that my Mom and Dad would never allow it.
- They may be high fashion, and they may well cost a bomb, but they are, fundamentally, half your basic shell suit.
- Drinks run the gamut from Manhattans to Martinis but shaken or stirred they cost a bomb.
- LCD televisions are all the rage, but a space-saving panel with a picture to rival your traditional set will cost a bomb.
- The Greenwich Millennium Village's developers must be making an absolute bomb out of the old gasworks.
- Of course, some of them cost a bomb, but their effect in a home makes up for everything.
- The place was very small, and the drinks cost a bomb!
- Soft-toys available in upmarket shops cost a bomb, whereas the toys here are priced at a very affordable range.
- It cost a bomb, but the university footed the bill, as I had to move at their request.
- Whether that means adding on another bathroom, or a garden shed - this legislation does not detail that - it will cost a bomb.
- And here's your workstation - it cost a bomb, and it's the latest and fastest, I believe.
- It must have cost a bomb but it looked absolutely amazing on her.
- The show didn't cost a bomb and was in aid of a local charity for children.
Synonyms
a fortune, a small fortune, a king's ransom, a huge amount, a vast sum, a large sum of money, a lot, millions, billions
informal a packet, a mint, a bundle, a pile, a wad, a pretty penny, an arm and a leg, a tidy sum, a killing
British informal loadsamoney, shedloads, silly money
North American informal big bucks, big money, gazillions
Australian informal big bickies
4informal A film, play, or other event that fails badly.
that bomb of an old movie
Example sentencesExamples
- And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs.
5the bomb" or "da bombUS informal An outstandingly good person or thing.
the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently
Example sentencesExamples
- But as it turns out, this cute little game is still da bomb.
- This is a film in which ballet's da bomb and hip-hop is haute.
- He is simply ‘da Bomb’ where ladies are concerned.
- From what I've seen and heard about her on the show, I think she is the bomb.
- This year's poster looks good online sure, but the real-deal is totally the bomb.
- I played using more of the lower register, which is totally DA BOMB on my violin, and I really need to do that more often.
6A long forward pass or hit in a ball game.
a two-run bomb
Example sentencesExamples
- Defenses learned how Williams could burn them deep, so they gave him a lot of room underneath to protect against the 40-yard bombs.
- After York failed to take a high bomb, Rovers moved the ball out to Gavin Molloy who was awarded a try despite appeals for a forward pass.
- Vincanity has been taking all sorts of heat for the Raptors losing streak but Carter was dropping bombs last night, scoring 43.
- His right arm had enough juice to fire a 50-yard crossfield bomb to Connell at the goal line for the score.
- Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb.
- Godfrey, who was superb with ball in hand if a little suspect under the bomb, received the pass to beat his man and blast over.
- Evans showed a glimpse of his potential vs. the Raiders by catching a bomb from Bledsoe for 65 yards.
- The ball finds its way to Hedman, who launches a bomb down the middle.
- Loose forward Lee Charlton hoisted a huge bomb to the posts and Birky full back Morton Robinson lost the ball under pressure.
- Chris Chambers caught a bomb and had a 100-yard receiving day.
- They nudged further ahead when Steve Prescott converted after Vaikona knocked forward a bomb to an off-side Lee Radford.
- Passing the bomb between teammates and trying to setup plays is really cool!
- He came forward time after time, loading up with bombs from his swinging right hand - only few though, if any, connected.
- The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense.
- He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener.
- On the second play of the second half, Manning took advantage of a dazed Aaron Glenn and hit Wayne on a 57-yard bomb.
- Stand off Andy Hirst caused panic in the home defence with a high bomb which was scrambled out of play.
- The bomb briefly tied the score at 7, but it was all downhill from there.
- Moreover, it's responsible for inducing a leaguewide abandonment of the most entertaining play in football: the long bomb.
- Sharks captain David Peachey brought his side back into the match with a try just three minutes later as he chased down a Jason Kent bomb which Burt failed to contest.
7informal A cannabis cigarette.
Synonyms
cannabis cigarette, marijuana cigarette

verb bɒmbɑm

1with object Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.
they bombed the city at dawn
Example sentencesExamples
- Moments after they left, the Yugoslav air force began bombing the city.
- I think it would be regarded as sacrilegious to bomb the World Heritage sites of Egypt, but I am not sure we have the same scruples about Iraq.
- We strafed and bombed the city until 23,000 of them were dead.
- The city was bombed at least six times through the next day and night.
- It's the supporters who know about how the field was bombed in World War II.
- Villages were bombed from the air and a town was shelled from a cruiser at sea.
- As winter approaches, another group of Red Cross food distribution centres is inadvertently bombed in a country where four million people face starvation.
- In retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, people now understand that he should have bombed the camps.
- The US is continuing to heavily bomb the city on a daily basis.
- The next occasion Bangkok heard the drone of Allied bombers was 19 December when the dock area was bombed at night.
- Traditionally, cities being bombed turn off all their lights.
- Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city.
- In advance of the line of attack the Luftwaffe heavily bombed all road and rail junctions, and concentrations of Polish troops.
- But what if on arrival, their meeting place were bombed and all 21 were killed?
- We bombed their fields and poisoned their country
- We cannot create a safer world by terrorising and bombing the land of every dictator who chooses not to take ‘our’ side.
- A couple of nights ago they were using cluster bombs to bomb some area.
- The area was heavily bombed in the Blitz, and later heavily redeveloped.
- This means bombing the industrial cities, torpedoing the Atlantic convoys.
Synonyms
bombard, drop bombs on, explode, blast
shell, torpedo, blitz, strafe, pound
attack, assault, raid
blow up, blow to bits, blow sky-high, destroy, wipe out, level, raze (to the ground), demolish, flatten, topple, wreck, devastate, pulverize, obliterate, ravage, smash
archaic cannonade
1. 1.1bomb someone out Make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs.
  my family were bombed out while I was fighting
  Example sentencesExamples
  The implication is that you don't have an ethical right to bomb them out of their ability to retaliate against you.
  Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Washington D.C., and New York City were bombed out.
  Reuters reported that all water supplies in Kabul have been bombed out and electricity is only being supplied to select parts of the city for 15 minutes per day.
  What are their living conditions going to be like after we bomb them out?
  I lived in a two-up, two-down in a cul-de-sac in Croydon, with an outside loo, and we were bombed out three times during the war.
  He said that the heart of Derry had been bombed out, several hundred soldiers had been hospitalised and that not one arrest had been made.
  My area is a Protestant area, and a Catholic family moved in up the road and once the surrounding people from the estate found out they were Catholic they were bombed out of their house.
  We were war time babies and spent the time running from house to house as we were bombed out,’ Ron reminisced.
2British informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move very quickly.
we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed
Example sentencesExamples
- It is the concern of the bank that prices have bombed along despite expectations to the contrary, he said.
- Kevin Alderton is hoping to set the first-ever blind speed skiing record by bombing down a snowy slope at more than 100 mph.
- Johnny Wright came bombing down the right wing and played the ball into Gerard McCargo who curled a sweet left foot shot in off the post.
- He bombs about with the other dogs and is so determined to do whatever they do but he is really clumsy, which has landed him in bother.
- It seemed, based on the reactions of drivers and pedestrians that a group of skaters bombing along the streets was a completely new experience.
- After beating Andre Ooijer the Frenchman crossed for Silva to finish at the far post after bombing forward.
- I have heard many a screeching of car breaks as the driver has been bombing along and come around the corner to meet a huge tractor.
Synonyms
speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble
3informal no object (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly.
it just became another big-budget film that bombed
Example sentencesExamples
- It is quite usual for 90 per cent of the films to bomb at the box office for not being up to the expectations.
- The distributors were not going to be happy, said the theatre manager, although since the film had bombed in Auckland they were probably not expecting too much.
- After Angus bombed, his career officially went into a lull so he enrolled at university and considered giving up acting altogether.
- Cinemas could become much more entrepreneurial ventures, making more money by taking more of the risk of films smashing or bombing.
- It bombed so badly he almost started drinking again.
- His first film bombed because it failed to live up to its name.
- Noonan's party bombed in the subsequent election, but the photo his team conjured up became one of the campaign's most enduring images.
- The hugely expensive film bombed so badly that one of Hollywood's most venerable companies, United Artists, was destroyed.
- Sadly, Revolution bombed heavily at the box office, although it had been beautifully shot and directed.
- It opened in only 700 theatres across the country and quickly bombed.
- Whether Hughes enjoyed the joke is doubtful; expectation was meteoric and he stood to lose a fortune if the film bombed.
- The host noted that, although the film bombed in 1958, Godard placed it on his list of top ten films of that year.
- Since the film bombed, I don't think we'll be seeing more of Riddick in the near future.
- Unfortunately, this big-budget movie bombed miserably in the box office and the producer burned his fingers.
- The film bombed, much to his disappointment, and he went back to school.
- Despite this remarkable line-up, the film bombed.
- If this play bombed, the Thespian Club was likely to drop the senior drama club altogether.
- First he found solace in Bollywood, but his film Anarth bombed at the box office.
- However, many of his latest movies have bombed at the box-office.
- But movies that bombed at the box office yet had young adult cult appeal, are perfect Internet candidates.
Synonyms
fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray

Phrases

go down a bomb

informal Be very well received.
those gigs we did went down a bomb
Example sentencesExamples
- This hilarious play, derived from the work of Brendan Kennelly, has delighted audiences all over the county and should go down a bomb in Finuge.
- That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at the airport.
- Whatever its contradictions, the play clearly went down a bomb with the young people in the audience, which is what really matters.
- They'd go down a bomb in Wimbledon, the bakers and their strawberry and cream tarts.
- ‘Your research fails to mention that there was a popular Perry Como version of the song in 1957 which went down a bomb in the Glasgow music halls,’ he says.
- It'd go down a bomb on the international tourist circuit.
- A few dropped out of the full monty photo and are possibly regretting the decision since the calendar is going down a bomb in local pubs.
- This is the sort of blend of real history mixed with a dash of naughtiness which seems to go down a bomb with the visitors.
- Rooney and his fresh and original act, which included a clever rap parody on popular nursery rhymes, went down a bomb.
- Made with black pudding supplied by Kendal butchers Watson & Woollard, the bread went down a bomb.

go like a bomb

1informal Be very successful.
the party went like a bomb
Example sentencesExamples
- Galvanised by a flourishing world trade, Dutch companies with an international outlook go like a bomb, the FEM Business Top 500 list shows.
- It may be a bit of an odd shape for a listed company, but it's going like a bomb, and those who know such things reckon it's bound for greatness.
- Fund Raising has gone like a bomb with a total so far of an amazing £3,200 raised!
- There were three of these places in England and every one was apparently going like a bomb, so that was worth introducing.
- I was going like a bomb with those two birds from the gasworks before I tried your Jimmy Cagney Routine.
- This was a building that was derelict until 1997 and it is in a cemetery, not the most promising venue for lively activities, but it has gone like a bomb.
- In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence.
- The Villa-Lobos First Etude goes like a bomb whilst the Tarantella of Castelnuovo-Tedesco is saturated in elegant rhythmic drive.
2informal (of a vehicle or person) move very fast.
Example sentencesExamples
- As for the billycart: it goes like a bomb, and provides a lot of fun.
- ‘And Lewis went like a bomb for the first 400 metres up to the corner and then another 100 metres.’
- I'll spare you the full report, but basically it goes like a bomb and handles beautifully.
- It is so smooth you'd never guess it runs on diesel, and the little Hyundai goes like a bomb, startling other drivers both around town and on the motorway.
- The York went like a bomb, was utterly reliable - if a bit rattly - and was easy to fix if it did go wrong.
- The connection goes like a bomb for 2 minutes then just slows down to less than a dial-up connection!
- It goes like a bomb, pulling away from the lights is fantastic.
- All of us got into the boat, and we tested it out on the lake; with the 70 horsepower outboard Mercury motor it went like a bomb.
- It looks stunning, it handles like a racing car, it goes like a bomb and it costs a hell of a lot less than many of its competitors.
- It is the top of the range and apparently goes like a bomb.

look like a bomb's hit it

informal (of a place) be extremely messy or untidy in appearance.
the room looked like a bomb had hit it
Example sentencesExamples
- The head of access and recreation said: ‘This is well beyond vandalism, it's sheer wanton destruction - the building looks like a bomb's hit it.’
- However, the room now looks like a bomb's hit it as there is stuff all over the floor!
- No matter how organised it appears, I still leave the house in the mornings with my room looking like a bomb's hit it.
- If I'm in charge on my own for just a few hours the place looks like a bomb's hit it.
- The room tidy bit doesn't always happen but then when it gets to looking like a bomb's hit it they are the ones who have to blitz it clean.
- The fact that the place ends up looking like a bomb's hit it and people aren't sitting down to eat until 11.00 o'clock is irrelevant!
- I believe things get worse before they get better - that's why my house looks like a bomb's hit it because there's just stuff everywhere.
- One villager said: ‘My kitchen looks like a bomb's hit it at the moment.
- Look at it, it looks like a bomb's hit it, it looks like a wasteland, there's not even a sign of a tree.
- If the house is half clean he notices that I've only done half, but if I don't do any and the house looks like a bomb's hit it, he doesn't say anything….

Origin

Late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus 'booming, humming', from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.

In terms of origin, a bomb goes boom (LME from a Germanic root)—the word probably goes right back to Greek bombos ‘booming, humming’. The first bombs, in the late 17th century, are what we would call ‘shells’. Soldiers ignited their fuses and fired them from mortars. Before they were dramatically unexpected events or sexy blondes, bombshells were originally the casings of such devices. Bombs as we know them came to prominence in the First World War. It was not until after the Second World War, though, that to go like a bomb began to be used for ‘to go very fast’, or cost a bomb for ‘be very expensive’. See also atom. A bombardier (late 16th century) gets his name from an early gun called a bombard (Late Middle English), which came from the same source as bomb.

Rhymes

aplomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, from, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom

Definition of bomb in US English:

bomb

nounbɑmbäm

1A container filled with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, gas, or other destructive substance, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a time mechanism, remote-control device, or lit fuse.
Example sentencesExamples
- He said the bomb was detonated by remote control.
- There have been a total of 35 shooting attacks, and 13 bombs exploded.
- Similarly, although aircraft might contain high-explosive bombs, the target might require cluster bomb units.
- Not all of the bombs detonated on impact, and many still lie in the ground here.
- That night airships dropped high explosive bombs and incendiaries on Bradley, Tipton, Wednesbury and Walsall.
- According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices.
- A guard activated a radio-jamming device immediately so the bomb couldn't be detonated, West wrote.
- He would fill the cores of bombs with explosives, and part of his job was to go to the aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada.
- It is why they blow up big bombs in civilian crowds.
- According to some reports the bomb contained material which was also found in bombs which exploded last year in blocks of flats situated in the suburbs of Moscow.
- The dirty bomb was made from a material called radioactive zirconium which was packed into a bomb casing with high explosives.
- One day in October, a bomb exploded under his truck.
- An exact mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs was used to start the kind of fires that burned Dresden.
- In the warehouse, Morriss's trap detonated, and a bomb exploded.
- A passenger said the sound of the impact sounded like a bomb exploding.
- Just as my vehicle crossed an aqueduct, they detonated a homemade bomb by remote control and it tore through the floor of my car.
- But even the remote controlled bombs are not the perfect weapon.
- The latest technology of death - incendiary bombs and high explosives - rained down on unprotected people for three hours.
- It appeared the car was booby-trapped and the bomb was detonated by remote control.
- The court heard that the bomb contained high explosives that were normally used for mining explosions in Northern Ireland.
- It was later discovered that the bombs were practice bombs, filled with concrete or plaster, rather than explosives.
- The majority of guerrilla attacks on US occupation forces have been carried out by remotely detonated bombs or rocket-propelled grenades.
- A bomb or grenade also exploded on the road during the shooting, but caused no casualties.
- However, nothing happened until about 9.00 am when the capital was attacked with both incendiary and high explosive bombs.
- The second night attack, which used high explosive and incendiary bombs alternately, caused the first man-made firestorm which affected an area of 22sq.km.
- Those left behind learned to live with the fear of explosive or incendiary bombs.
- A bomb or a missile explodes, spreading the chemical or biological agent over a wide area.
Synonyms
explosive, incendiary device, incendiary, device
1. 1.1with modifier An explosive device fitted into a specified object.
  a package bomb
  See also car bomb, letter bomb
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the owner used his telecommunications expertise to prepare the mobile phones that detonated the train bombs by remote control.
  Following last Friday's bicycle bomb murder, a large number of workers went on strike in the city today.
  He made sure of that when he sent her a package bomb that blew off her hands and nearly killed her.
  Car bombs are a very significant part, car bombs, truck bombs, explosive devices.
  At 7.49 am, a backpack bomb tore through their train as it entered Santa Eugenia station, nine miles from Atocha.
  Exactly one year ago today, a devastating truck bomb tore through the Headquarters, killing 22 people.
  Many people were killed, including a friend of mine who was hit by shrapnel from a van bomb.
  They also discuss how to make a pressure cooker bomb and using a Walkman headset into a bobby-trapped device.
  Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast.
  Big Ben has more recently figured in fevered truck bomb scenarios that result in it crashing down.
  The building has been targeted before, and was the scene of a massive van bomb in 1993.
  A deadly manuscript bomb set off in an American city.
  The employment of car and truck bombs demonstrates a level of expertise that perhaps would suggest the involvement of well-trained terrorists.
2. 1.2the bomb Nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction.
  she joined the fight against the bomb
  Example sentencesExamples
  These proposals were eventually rejected for fear that the use of the bomb might provoke a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union.
  Once inside the target, burning uranium is another part of the bomb's destructive power.
  Let me say that I have a strong but constructive critique against parts of the traditional left with regard to their attitude to the bomb and nuclear power.
  Harry Truman, who made the decision to use it, shared with the electorate the opinion that the bomb was a legitimate weapon.
  The age of the bomb, and of other weapons of mass destruction (chemical and biological) continues.
  From the very outset all the combatants knew that the bomb would be both a weapon of destruction and a weapon of terror.
  Of little military significance, the city of 250,000 provided a good test of the bomb's destructiveness.
  Despite the unarguable logic of the bomb, nuclear wars don't happen.
  Part one, describing the destructive effects of the bomb on the population of the two cities, was published on August 6.
  The danger is that the government's scaremongering proves so effective that if the worst comes to pass, lives will be lost as a result of fear and ignorance rather than the direct effects of the bomb.
  Synonyms
  nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, a-bombs
3. 1.3 A small pressurized container that sprays liquid, foam, or gas.
  the bug bombs we tried did not kill the cockroaches
  Example sentencesExamples
  There will also be a curfew on using fireworks after 11 pm and a complete ban on air bomb sales.
  The root water potential was measured by a PMS Model 600 pressure bomb.
  Furthermore, when the shoot is placed in a pressure bomb and is pressurized to the balance point, the meniscus can be seen to; Return to the cut surface of the open conduits.
  If we were their last hope as they stood over a ginormous liquid nitrogen bomb, wondering whether to cut the blue wire or the red wire, then I fear we have just lost a reader.
2A lump of lava thrown out by a volcano.
Example sentencesExamples
- Everyone else gets going out of the way of the lava bombs and lava flows.
- Fresh manure, too, dollops of it ramping over the concrete lip of the stall floor like lava bombs flung from a brown volcano.
- And though he'd heard that reaching the 12500-foot summit would be an ordeal, he wasn't prepared for the scorching lava bombs that Erebus hurled at him.
- The party ran out of the palace and looked up in the sky and saw a swarm of what looked like lava bees holding lava bombs.
- The group hovered along the surface, flying over the lava fields and dodging the rare incoming of a lava bomb.
3a bombBritish informal A large sum of money.
it will cost a bomb in call charges
Example sentencesExamples
- It must have cost a bomb but it looked absolutely amazing on her.
- LCD televisions are all the rage, but a space-saving panel with a picture to rival your traditional set will cost a bomb.
- Of course, some of them cost a bomb, but their effect in a home makes up for everything.
- The place was very small, and the drinks cost a bomb!
- It cost a bomb, but the university footed the bill, as I had to move at their request.
- The Greenwich Millennium Village's developers must be making an absolute bomb out of the old gasworks.
- Soft-toys available in upmarket shops cost a bomb, whereas the toys here are priced at a very affordable range.
- And here's your workstation - it cost a bomb, and it's the latest and fastest, I believe.
- They may be high fashion, and they may well cost a bomb, but they are, fundamentally, half your basic shell suit.
- Whether that means adding on another bathroom, or a garden shed - this legislation does not detail that - it will cost a bomb.
- The show didn't cost a bomb and was in aid of a local charity for children.
- I told him that it would cost a bomb and that my Mom and Dad would never allow it.
- Drinks run the gamut from Manhattans to Martinis but shaken or stirred they cost a bomb.
Synonyms
a fortune, a small fortune, a king's ransom, a huge amount, a vast sum, a large sum of money, a lot, millions, billions
4informal A movie, play, or other event that fails badly.
Example sentencesExamples
- And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs.
1. 4.1 An old car, especially a run-down one.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's the story of three backpackers - two British girls and a Sydney bloke - who buy an old bomb to drive from WA to Cairns.
5the bomb" or "da bombUS informal An outstandingly good person or thing.
the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently
Example sentencesExamples
- This year's poster looks good online sure, but the real-deal is totally the bomb.
- He is simply ‘da Bomb’ where ladies are concerned.
- But as it turns out, this cute little game is still da bomb.
- From what I've seen and heard about her on the show, I think she is the bomb.
- I played using more of the lower register, which is totally DA BOMB on my violin, and I really need to do that more often.
- This is a film in which ballet's da bomb and hip-hop is haute.
6A long forward pass or hit in a ball game.
a big 40-yard bomb down the middle to tight end Howard Cross
Example sentencesExamples
- The bomb briefly tied the score at 7, but it was all downhill from there.
- Stand off Andy Hirst caused panic in the home defence with a high bomb which was scrambled out of play.
- Passing the bomb between teammates and trying to setup plays is really cool!
- Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb.
- On the second play of the second half, Manning took advantage of a dazed Aaron Glenn and hit Wayne on a 57-yard bomb.
- Evans showed a glimpse of his potential vs. the Raiders by catching a bomb from Bledsoe for 65 yards.
- His right arm had enough juice to fire a 50-yard crossfield bomb to Connell at the goal line for the score.
- They nudged further ahead when Steve Prescott converted after Vaikona knocked forward a bomb to an off-side Lee Radford.
- Godfrey, who was superb with ball in hand if a little suspect under the bomb, received the pass to beat his man and blast over.
- He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener.
- The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense.
- Defenses learned how Williams could burn them deep, so they gave him a lot of room underneath to protect against the 40-yard bombs.
- Moreover, it's responsible for inducing a leaguewide abandonment of the most entertaining play in football: the long bomb.
- He came forward time after time, loading up with bombs from his swinging right hand - only few though, if any, connected.
- Sharks captain David Peachey brought his side back into the match with a try just three minutes later as he chased down a Jason Kent bomb which Burt failed to contest.
- Loose forward Lee Charlton hoisted a huge bomb to the posts and Birky full back Morton Robinson lost the ball under pressure.
- After York failed to take a high bomb, Rovers moved the ball out to Gavin Molloy who was awarded a try despite appeals for a forward pass.
- Chris Chambers caught a bomb and had a 100-yard receiving day.
- The ball finds its way to Hedman, who launches a bomb down the middle.
- Vincanity has been taking all sorts of heat for the Raptors losing streak but Carter was dropping bombs last night, scoring 43.
7informal A marijuana cigarette.
Synonyms
cannabis cigarette, marijuana cigarette

verbbɑmbäm

1with object Attack (a place or vehicle) with a bomb or bombs.
London was bombed, night after night
a series of bombings
Example sentencesExamples
- As winter approaches, another group of Red Cross food distribution centres is inadvertently bombed in a country where four million people face starvation.
- The US is continuing to heavily bomb the city on a daily basis.
- This means bombing the industrial cities, torpedoing the Atlantic convoys.
- The area was heavily bombed in the Blitz, and later heavily redeveloped.
- Moments after they left, the Yugoslav air force began bombing the city.
- Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city.
- The next occasion Bangkok heard the drone of Allied bombers was 19 December when the dock area was bombed at night.
- We cannot create a safer world by terrorising and bombing the land of every dictator who chooses not to take ‘our’ side.
- A couple of nights ago they were using cluster bombs to bomb some area.
- In retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, people now understand that he should have bombed the camps.
- I think it would be regarded as sacrilegious to bomb the World Heritage sites of Egypt, but I am not sure we have the same scruples about Iraq.
- Villages were bombed from the air and a town was shelled from a cruiser at sea.
- We strafed and bombed the city until 23,000 of them were dead.
- In advance of the line of attack the Luftwaffe heavily bombed all road and rail junctions, and concentrations of Polish troops.
- We bombed their fields and poisoned their country
- But what if on arrival, their meeting place were bombed and all 21 were killed?
- The city was bombed at least six times through the next day and night.
- It's the supporters who know about how the field was bombed in World War II.
- Traditionally, cities being bombed turn off all their lights.
Synonyms
bombard, drop bombs on, explode, blast
2British informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move very quickly.
the bus came bombing along
Example sentencesExamples
- Kevin Alderton is hoping to set the first-ever blind speed skiing record by bombing down a snowy slope at more than 100 mph.
- After beating Andre Ooijer the Frenchman crossed for Silva to finish at the far post after bombing forward.
- It is the concern of the bank that prices have bombed along despite expectations to the contrary, he said.
- I have heard many a screeching of car breaks as the driver has been bombing along and come around the corner to meet a huge tractor.
- He bombs about with the other dogs and is so determined to do whatever they do but he is really clumsy, which has landed him in bother.
- Johnny Wright came bombing down the right wing and played the ball into Gerard McCargo who curled a sweet left foot shot in off the post.
- It seemed, based on the reactions of drivers and pedestrians that a group of skaters bombing along the streets was a completely new experience.
Synonyms
speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble
3informal no object (of a movie, play, or other event) fail miserably.
a big-budget movie that bombed at the box office
he bombed out at several tournaments
Example sentencesExamples
- The host noted that, although the film bombed in 1958, Godard placed it on his list of top ten films of that year.
- The hugely expensive film bombed so badly that one of Hollywood's most venerable companies, United Artists, was destroyed.
- Since the film bombed, I don't think we'll be seeing more of Riddick in the near future.
- Noonan's party bombed in the subsequent election, but the photo his team conjured up became one of the campaign's most enduring images.
- But movies that bombed at the box office yet had young adult cult appeal, are perfect Internet candidates.
- Sadly, Revolution bombed heavily at the box office, although it had been beautifully shot and directed.
- Whether Hughes enjoyed the joke is doubtful; expectation was meteoric and he stood to lose a fortune if the film bombed.
- After Angus bombed, his career officially went into a lull so he enrolled at university and considered giving up acting altogether.
- It opened in only 700 theatres across the country and quickly bombed.
- It is quite usual for 90 per cent of the films to bomb at the box office for not being up to the expectations.
- However, many of his latest movies have bombed at the box-office.
- Despite this remarkable line-up, the film bombed.
- If this play bombed, the Thespian Club was likely to drop the senior drama club altogether.
- First he found solace in Bollywood, but his film Anarth bombed at the box office.
- Cinemas could become much more entrepreneurial ventures, making more money by taking more of the risk of films smashing or bombing.
- Unfortunately, this big-budget movie bombed miserably in the box office and the producer burned his fingers.
- The distributors were not going to be happy, said the theatre manager, although since the film had bombed in Auckland they were probably not expecting too much.
- It bombed so badly he almost started drinking again.
- His first film bombed because it failed to live up to its name.
- The film bombed, much to his disappointment, and he went back to school.
Synonyms
fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray

Phrases

go down a bomb

informal Be very well received.
those gigs we did went down a bomb
Example sentencesExamples
- That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at the airport.
- Rooney and his fresh and original act, which included a clever rap parody on popular nursery rhymes, went down a bomb.
- ‘Your research fails to mention that there was a popular Perry Como version of the song in 1957 which went down a bomb in the Glasgow music halls,’ he says.
- This hilarious play, derived from the work of Brendan Kennelly, has delighted audiences all over the county and should go down a bomb in Finuge.
- It'd go down a bomb on the international tourist circuit.
- A few dropped out of the full monty photo and are possibly regretting the decision since the calendar is going down a bomb in local pubs.
- Whatever its contradictions, the play clearly went down a bomb with the young people in the audience, which is what really matters.
- They'd go down a bomb in Wimbledon, the bakers and their strawberry and cream tarts.
- This is the sort of blend of real history mixed with a dash of naughtiness which seems to go down a bomb with the visitors.
- Made with black pudding supplied by Kendal butchers Watson & Woollard, the bread went down a bomb.

it looks like a bomb's hit it

informal Used to describe a place that is extremely messy or untidy in appearance.
Example sentencesExamples
- One villager said: ‘My kitchen looks like a bomb's hit it at the moment.
- If I'm in charge on my own for just a few hours the place looks like a bomb's hit it.
- The head of access and recreation said: ‘This is well beyond vandalism, it's sheer wanton destruction - the building looks like a bomb's hit it.’
- The fact that the place ends up looking like a bomb's hit it and people aren't sitting down to eat until 11.00 o'clock is irrelevant!
- However, the room now looks like a bomb's hit it as there is stuff all over the floor!
- No matter how organised it appears, I still leave the house in the mornings with my room looking like a bomb's hit it.
- I believe things get worse before they get better - that's why my house looks like a bomb's hit it because there's just stuff everywhere.
- If the house is half clean he notices that I've only done half, but if I don't do any and the house looks like a bomb's hit it, he doesn't say anything….
- Look at it, it looks like a bomb's hit it, it looks like a wasteland, there's not even a sign of a tree.
- The room tidy bit doesn't always happen but then when it gets to looking like a bomb's hit it they are the ones who have to blitz it clean.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.

单词	bomb
释义	Definition of bomb in English: bomb noun bɒmbɑm 1A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device. as modifier a bomb attack Example sentencesExamples The majority of guerrilla attacks on US occupation forces have been carried out by remotely detonated bombs or rocket-propelled grenades. Just as my vehicle crossed an aqueduct, they detonated a homemade bomb by remote control and it tore through the floor of my car. One day in October, a bomb exploded under his truck. He said the bomb was detonated by remote control. The latest technology of death - incendiary bombs and high explosives - rained down on unprotected people for three hours. But even the remote controlled bombs are not the perfect weapon. In the warehouse, Morriss's trap detonated, and a bomb exploded. A bomb or grenade also exploded on the road during the shooting, but caused no casualties. According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices. The court heard that the bomb contained high explosives that were normally used for mining explosions in Northern Ireland. Those left behind learned to live with the fear of explosive or incendiary bombs. It is why they blow up big bombs in civilian crowds. The dirty bomb was made from a material called radioactive zirconium which was packed into a bomb casing with high explosives. That night airships dropped high explosive bombs and incendiaries on Bradley, Tipton, Wednesbury and Walsall. A guard activated a radio-jamming device immediately so the bomb couldn't be detonated, West wrote. Not all of the bombs detonated on impact, and many still lie in the ground here. According to some reports the bomb contained material which was also found in bombs which exploded last year in blocks of flats situated in the suburbs of Moscow. He would fill the cores of bombs with explosives, and part of his job was to go to the aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada. It appeared the car was booby-trapped and the bomb was detonated by remote control. A passenger said the sound of the impact sounded like a bomb exploding. There have been a total of 35 shooting attacks, and 13 bombs exploded. The second night attack, which used high explosive and incendiary bombs alternately, caused the first man-made firestorm which affected an area of 22sq.km. An exact mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs was used to start the kind of fires that burned Dresden. A bomb or a missile explodes, spreading the chemical or biological agent over a wide area. Similarly, although aircraft might contain high-explosive bombs, the target might require cluster bomb units. It was later discovered that the bombs were practice bombs, filled with concrete or plaster, rather than explosives. However, nothing happened until about 9.00 am when the capital was attacked with both incendiary and high explosive bombs. Synonyms explosive, incendiary device, incendiary, device missile, projectile, trajectile dated blockbuster, bombshell 1.1with modifier An explosive device fitted into a specified object. a 100 lb van bomb Example sentencesExamples A deadly manuscript bomb set off in an American city. Car bombs are a very significant part, car bombs, truck bombs, explosive devices. The building has been targeted before, and was the scene of a massive van bomb in 1993. Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast. They also discuss how to make a pressure cooker bomb and using a Walkman headset into a bobby-trapped device. Exactly one year ago today, a devastating truck bomb tore through the Headquarters, killing 22 people. Many people were killed, including a friend of mine who was hit by shrapnel from a van bomb. Following last Friday's bicycle bomb murder, a large number of workers went on strike in the city today. He made sure of that when he sent her a package bomb that blew off her hands and nearly killed her. The employment of car and truck bombs demonstrates a level of expertise that perhaps would suggest the involvement of well-trained terrorists. Big Ben has more recently figured in fevered truck bomb scenarios that result in it crashing down. At 7.49 am, a backpack bomb tore through their train as it entered Santa Eugenia station, nine miles from Atocha. But the owner used his telecommunications expertise to prepare the mobile phones that detonated the train bombs by remote control. 1.2the bomb Nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction. she joined the fight against the bomb Example sentencesExamples These proposals were eventually rejected for fear that the use of the bomb might provoke a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. Of little military significance, the city of 250,000 provided a good test of the bomb's destructiveness. From the very outset all the combatants knew that the bomb would be both a weapon of destruction and a weapon of terror. Part one, describing the destructive effects of the bomb on the population of the two cities, was published on August 6. The danger is that the government's scaremongering proves so effective that if the worst comes to pass, lives will be lost as a result of fear and ignorance rather than the direct effects of the bomb. Once inside the target, burning uranium is another part of the bomb's destructive power. Despite the unarguable logic of the bomb, nuclear wars don't happen. Harry Truman, who made the decision to use it, shared with the electorate the opinion that the bomb was a legitimate weapon. Let me say that I have a strong but constructive critique against parts of the traditional left with regard to their attitude to the bomb and nuclear power. The age of the bomb, and of other weapons of mass destruction (chemical and biological) continues. Synonyms nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, A-bombs 2A lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano. Example sentencesExamples Fresh manure, too, dollops of it ramping over the concrete lip of the stall floor like lava bombs flung from a brown volcano. The group hovered along the surface, flying over the lava fields and dodging the rare incoming of a lava bomb. Everyone else gets going out of the way of the lava bombs and lava flows. And though he'd heard that reaching the 12500-foot summit would be an ordeal, he wasn't prepared for the scorching lava bombs that Erebus hurled at him. The party ran out of the palace and looked up in the sky and saw a swarm of what looked like lava bees holding lava bombs. 2.1 A pear-shaped weight used to anchor a fishing line to the bottom. Example sentencesExamples The lead should be heavy enough to counter the weight of the current, and flat bombs are better than round ones which will tend to roll downstream with the current. For longer range work I will use a semi-fixed bomb for weights up to 1/2 ounce. 3a bombBritish informal A large sum of money. that silk must have cost a bomb Example sentencesExamples I told him that it would cost a bomb and that my Mom and Dad would never allow it. They may be high fashion, and they may well cost a bomb, but they are, fundamentally, half your basic shell suit. Drinks run the gamut from Manhattans to Martinis but shaken or stirred they cost a bomb. LCD televisions are all the rage, but a space-saving panel with a picture to rival your traditional set will cost a bomb. The Greenwich Millennium Village's developers must be making an absolute bomb out of the old gasworks. Of course, some of them cost a bomb, but their effect in a home makes up for everything. The place was very small, and the drinks cost a bomb! Soft-toys available in upmarket shops cost a bomb, whereas the toys here are priced at a very affordable range. It cost a bomb, but the university footed the bill, as I had to move at their request. Whether that means adding on another bathroom, or a garden shed - this legislation does not detail that - it will cost a bomb. And here's your workstation - it cost a bomb, and it's the latest and fastest, I believe. It must have cost a bomb but it looked absolutely amazing on her. The show didn't cost a bomb and was in aid of a local charity for children. Synonyms a fortune, a small fortune, a king's ransom, a huge amount, a vast sum, a large sum of money, a lot, millions, billions informal a packet, a mint, a bundle, a pile, a wad, a pretty penny, an arm and a leg, a tidy sum, a killing British informal loadsamoney, shedloads, silly money North American informal big bucks, big money, gazillions Australian informal big bickies 4informal A film, play, or other event that fails badly. that bomb of an old movie Example sentencesExamples And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs. 5the bomb" or "da bombUS informal An outstandingly good person or thing. the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently Example sentencesExamples But as it turns out, this cute little game is still da bomb. This is a film in which ballet's da bomb and hip-hop is haute. He is simply ‘da Bomb’ where ladies are concerned. From what I've seen and heard about her on the show, I think she is the bomb. This year's poster looks good online sure, but the real-deal is totally the bomb. I played using more of the lower register, which is totally DA BOMB on my violin, and I really need to do that more often. 6A long forward pass or hit in a ball game. a two-run bomb Example sentencesExamples Defenses learned how Williams could burn them deep, so they gave him a lot of room underneath to protect against the 40-yard bombs. After York failed to take a high bomb, Rovers moved the ball out to Gavin Molloy who was awarded a try despite appeals for a forward pass. Vincanity has been taking all sorts of heat for the Raptors losing streak but Carter was dropping bombs last night, scoring 43. His right arm had enough juice to fire a 50-yard crossfield bomb to Connell at the goal line for the score. Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb. Godfrey, who was superb with ball in hand if a little suspect under the bomb, received the pass to beat his man and blast over. Evans showed a glimpse of his potential vs. the Raiders by catching a bomb from Bledsoe for 65 yards. The ball finds its way to Hedman, who launches a bomb down the middle. Loose forward Lee Charlton hoisted a huge bomb to the posts and Birky full back Morton Robinson lost the ball under pressure. Chris Chambers caught a bomb and had a 100-yard receiving day. They nudged further ahead when Steve Prescott converted after Vaikona knocked forward a bomb to an off-side Lee Radford. Passing the bomb between teammates and trying to setup plays is really cool! He came forward time after time, loading up with bombs from his swinging right hand - only few though, if any, connected. The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense. He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener. On the second play of the second half, Manning took advantage of a dazed Aaron Glenn and hit Wayne on a 57-yard bomb. Stand off Andy Hirst caused panic in the home defence with a high bomb which was scrambled out of play. The bomb briefly tied the score at 7, but it was all downhill from there. Moreover, it's responsible for inducing a leaguewide abandonment of the most entertaining play in football: the long bomb. Sharks captain David Peachey brought his side back into the match with a try just three minutes later as he chased down a Jason Kent bomb which Burt failed to contest. 7informal A cannabis cigarette. Synonyms cannabis cigarette, marijuana cigarette verb bɒmbɑm 1with object Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs. they bombed the city at dawn Example sentencesExamples Moments after they left, the Yugoslav air force began bombing the city. I think it would be regarded as sacrilegious to bomb the World Heritage sites of Egypt, but I am not sure we have the same scruples about Iraq. We strafed and bombed the city until 23,000 of them were dead. The city was bombed at least six times through the next day and night. It's the supporters who know about how the field was bombed in World War II. Villages were bombed from the air and a town was shelled from a cruiser at sea. As winter approaches, another group of Red Cross food distribution centres is inadvertently bombed in a country where four million people face starvation. In retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, people now understand that he should have bombed the camps. The US is continuing to heavily bomb the city on a daily basis. The next occasion Bangkok heard the drone of Allied bombers was 19 December when the dock area was bombed at night. Traditionally, cities being bombed turn off all their lights. Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city. In advance of the line of attack the Luftwaffe heavily bombed all road and rail junctions, and concentrations of Polish troops. But what if on arrival, their meeting place were bombed and all 21 were killed? We bombed their fields and poisoned their country We cannot create a safer world by terrorising and bombing the land of every dictator who chooses not to take ‘our’ side. A couple of nights ago they were using cluster bombs to bomb some area. The area was heavily bombed in the Blitz, and later heavily redeveloped. This means bombing the industrial cities, torpedoing the Atlantic convoys. Synonyms bombard, drop bombs on, explode, blast shell, torpedo, blitz, strafe, pound attack, assault, raid blow up, blow to bits, blow sky-high, destroy, wipe out, level, raze (to the ground), demolish, flatten, topple, wreck, devastate, pulverize, obliterate, ravage, smash archaic cannonade 1.1bomb someone out Make someone homeless by destroying their home with bombs. my family were bombed out while I was fighting Example sentencesExamples The implication is that you don't have an ethical right to bomb them out of their ability to retaliate against you. Pittsburgh, Phoenix, Washington D.C., and New York City were bombed out. Reuters reported that all water supplies in Kabul have been bombed out and electricity is only being supplied to select parts of the city for 15 minutes per day. What are their living conditions going to be like after we bomb them out? I lived in a two-up, two-down in a cul-de-sac in Croydon, with an outside loo, and we were bombed out three times during the war. He said that the heart of Derry had been bombed out, several hundred soldiers had been hospitalised and that not one arrest had been made. My area is a Protestant area, and a Catholic family moved in up the road and once the surrounding people from the estate found out they were Catholic they were bombed out of their house. We were war time babies and spent the time running from house to house as we were bombed out,’ Ron reminisced. 2British informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move very quickly. we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed Example sentencesExamples It is the concern of the bank that prices have bombed along despite expectations to the contrary, he said. Kevin Alderton is hoping to set the first-ever blind speed skiing record by bombing down a snowy slope at more than 100 mph. Johnny Wright came bombing down the right wing and played the ball into Gerard McCargo who curled a sweet left foot shot in off the post. He bombs about with the other dogs and is so determined to do whatever they do but he is really clumsy, which has landed him in bother. It seemed, based on the reactions of drivers and pedestrians that a group of skaters bombing along the streets was a completely new experience. After beating Andre Ooijer the Frenchman crossed for Silva to finish at the far post after bombing forward. I have heard many a screeching of car breaks as the driver has been bombing along and come around the corner to meet a huge tractor. Synonyms speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble 3informal no object (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly. it just became another big-budget film that bombed Example sentencesExamples It is quite usual for 90 per cent of the films to bomb at the box office for not being up to the expectations. The distributors were not going to be happy, said the theatre manager, although since the film had bombed in Auckland they were probably not expecting too much. After Angus bombed, his career officially went into a lull so he enrolled at university and considered giving up acting altogether. Cinemas could become much more entrepreneurial ventures, making more money by taking more of the risk of films smashing or bombing. It bombed so badly he almost started drinking again. His first film bombed because it failed to live up to its name. Noonan's party bombed in the subsequent election, but the photo his team conjured up became one of the campaign's most enduring images. The hugely expensive film bombed so badly that one of Hollywood's most venerable companies, United Artists, was destroyed. Sadly, Revolution bombed heavily at the box office, although it had been beautifully shot and directed. It opened in only 700 theatres across the country and quickly bombed. Whether Hughes enjoyed the joke is doubtful; expectation was meteoric and he stood to lose a fortune if the film bombed. The host noted that, although the film bombed in 1958, Godard placed it on his list of top ten films of that year. Since the film bombed, I don't think we'll be seeing more of Riddick in the near future. Unfortunately, this big-budget movie bombed miserably in the box office and the producer burned his fingers. The film bombed, much to his disappointment, and he went back to school. Despite this remarkable line-up, the film bombed. If this play bombed, the Thespian Club was likely to drop the senior drama club altogether. First he found solace in Bollywood, but his film Anarth bombed at the box office. However, many of his latest movies have bombed at the box-office. But movies that bombed at the box office yet had young adult cult appeal, are perfect Internet candidates. Synonyms fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray Phrases go down a bomb informal Be very well received. those gigs we did went down a bomb Example sentencesExamples This hilarious play, derived from the work of Brendan Kennelly, has delighted audiences all over the county and should go down a bomb in Finuge. That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at the airport. Whatever its contradictions, the play clearly went down a bomb with the young people in the audience, which is what really matters. They'd go down a bomb in Wimbledon, the bakers and their strawberry and cream tarts. ‘Your research fails to mention that there was a popular Perry Como version of the song in 1957 which went down a bomb in the Glasgow music halls,’ he says. It'd go down a bomb on the international tourist circuit. A few dropped out of the full monty photo and are possibly regretting the decision since the calendar is going down a bomb in local pubs. This is the sort of blend of real history mixed with a dash of naughtiness which seems to go down a bomb with the visitors. Rooney and his fresh and original act, which included a clever rap parody on popular nursery rhymes, went down a bomb. Made with black pudding supplied by Kendal butchers Watson & Woollard, the bread went down a bomb. go like a bomb 1informal Be very successful. the party went like a bomb Example sentencesExamples Galvanised by a flourishing world trade, Dutch companies with an international outlook go like a bomb, the FEM Business Top 500 list shows. It may be a bit of an odd shape for a listed company, but it's going like a bomb, and those who know such things reckon it's bound for greatness. Fund Raising has gone like a bomb with a total so far of an amazing £3,200 raised! There were three of these places in England and every one was apparently going like a bomb, so that was worth introducing. I was going like a bomb with those two birds from the gasworks before I tried your Jimmy Cagney Routine. This was a building that was derelict until 1997 and it is in a cemetery, not the most promising venue for lively activities, but it has gone like a bomb. In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. The Villa-Lobos First Etude goes like a bomb whilst the Tarantella of Castelnuovo-Tedesco is saturated in elegant rhythmic drive. 2informal (of a vehicle or person) move very fast. Example sentencesExamples As for the billycart: it goes like a bomb, and provides a lot of fun. ‘And Lewis went like a bomb for the first 400 metres up to the corner and then another 100 metres.’ I'll spare you the full report, but basically it goes like a bomb and handles beautifully. It is so smooth you'd never guess it runs on diesel, and the little Hyundai goes like a bomb, startling other drivers both around town and on the motorway. The York went like a bomb, was utterly reliable - if a bit rattly - and was easy to fix if it did go wrong. The connection goes like a bomb for 2 minutes then just slows down to less than a dial-up connection! It goes like a bomb, pulling away from the lights is fantastic. All of us got into the boat, and we tested it out on the lake; with the 70 horsepower outboard Mercury motor it went like a bomb. It looks stunning, it handles like a racing car, it goes like a bomb and it costs a hell of a lot less than many of its competitors. It is the top of the range and apparently goes like a bomb. look like a bomb's hit it informal (of a place) be extremely messy or untidy in appearance. the room looked like a bomb had hit it Example sentencesExamples The head of access and recreation said: ‘This is well beyond vandalism, it's sheer wanton destruction - the building looks like a bomb's hit it.’ However, the room now looks like a bomb's hit it as there is stuff all over the floor! No matter how organised it appears, I still leave the house in the mornings with my room looking like a bomb's hit it. If I'm in charge on my own for just a few hours the place looks like a bomb's hit it. The room tidy bit doesn't always happen but then when it gets to looking like a bomb's hit it they are the ones who have to blitz it clean. The fact that the place ends up looking like a bomb's hit it and people aren't sitting down to eat until 11.00 o'clock is irrelevant! I believe things get worse before they get better - that's why my house looks like a bomb's hit it because there's just stuff everywhere. One villager said: ‘My kitchen looks like a bomb's hit it at the moment. Look at it, it looks like a bomb's hit it, it looks like a wasteland, there's not even a sign of a tree. If the house is half clean he notices that I've only done half, but if I don't do any and the house looks like a bomb's hit it, he doesn't say anything…. Origin Late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus 'booming, humming', from Greek bombos, of imitative origin. In terms of origin, a bomb goes boom (LME from a Germanic root)—the word probably goes right back to Greek bombos ‘booming, humming’. The first bombs, in the late 17th century, are what we would call ‘shells’. Soldiers ignited their fuses and fired them from mortars. Before they were dramatically unexpected events or sexy blondes, bombshells were originally the casings of such devices. Bombs as we know them came to prominence in the First World War. It was not until after the Second World War, though, that to go like a bomb began to be used for ‘to go very fast’, or cost a bomb for ‘be very expensive’. See also atom. A bombardier (late 16th century) gets his name from an early gun called a bombard (Late Middle English), which came from the same source as bomb. Rhymes aplomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, from, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom noun.1 phr. Definition of bomb in US English: bomb nounbɑmbäm 1A container filled with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, gas, or other destructive substance, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a time mechanism, remote-control device, or lit fuse. Example sentencesExamples He said the bomb was detonated by remote control. There have been a total of 35 shooting attacks, and 13 bombs exploded. Similarly, although aircraft might contain high-explosive bombs, the target might require cluster bomb units. Not all of the bombs detonated on impact, and many still lie in the ground here. That night airships dropped high explosive bombs and incendiaries on Bradley, Tipton, Wednesbury and Walsall. According to sources, dissident groups are now at work planning to plant bombs or detonate incendiary devices. A guard activated a radio-jamming device immediately so the bomb couldn't be detonated, West wrote. He would fill the cores of bombs with explosives, and part of his job was to go to the aboveground nuclear tests in Nevada. It is why they blow up big bombs in civilian crowds. According to some reports the bomb contained material which was also found in bombs which exploded last year in blocks of flats situated in the suburbs of Moscow. The dirty bomb was made from a material called radioactive zirconium which was packed into a bomb casing with high explosives. One day in October, a bomb exploded under his truck. An exact mix of high explosive and incendiary bombs was used to start the kind of fires that burned Dresden. In the warehouse, Morriss's trap detonated, and a bomb exploded. A passenger said the sound of the impact sounded like a bomb exploding. Just as my vehicle crossed an aqueduct, they detonated a homemade bomb by remote control and it tore through the floor of my car. But even the remote controlled bombs are not the perfect weapon. The latest technology of death - incendiary bombs and high explosives - rained down on unprotected people for three hours. It appeared the car was booby-trapped and the bomb was detonated by remote control. The court heard that the bomb contained high explosives that were normally used for mining explosions in Northern Ireland. It was later discovered that the bombs were practice bombs, filled with concrete or plaster, rather than explosives. The majority of guerrilla attacks on US occupation forces have been carried out by remotely detonated bombs or rocket-propelled grenades. A bomb or grenade also exploded on the road during the shooting, but caused no casualties. However, nothing happened until about 9.00 am when the capital was attacked with both incendiary and high explosive bombs. The second night attack, which used high explosive and incendiary bombs alternately, caused the first man-made firestorm which affected an area of 22sq.km. Those left behind learned to live with the fear of explosive or incendiary bombs. A bomb or a missile explodes, spreading the chemical or biological agent over a wide area. Synonyms explosive, incendiary device, incendiary, device 1.1with modifier An explosive device fitted into a specified object. a package bomb See also car bomb, letter bomb Example sentencesExamples But the owner used his telecommunications expertise to prepare the mobile phones that detonated the train bombs by remote control. Following last Friday's bicycle bomb murder, a large number of workers went on strike in the city today. He made sure of that when he sent her a package bomb that blew off her hands and nearly killed her. Car bombs are a very significant part, car bombs, truck bombs, explosive devices. At 7.49 am, a backpack bomb tore through their train as it entered Santa Eugenia station, nine miles from Atocha. Exactly one year ago today, a devastating truck bomb tore through the Headquarters, killing 22 people. Many people were killed, including a friend of mine who was hit by shrapnel from a van bomb. They also discuss how to make a pressure cooker bomb and using a Walkman headset into a bobby-trapped device. Recent attempted van bomb attacks were foiled in Derry and Belfast. Big Ben has more recently figured in fevered truck bomb scenarios that result in it crashing down. The building has been targeted before, and was the scene of a massive van bomb in 1993. A deadly manuscript bomb set off in an American city. The employment of car and truck bombs demonstrates a level of expertise that perhaps would suggest the involvement of well-trained terrorists. 1.2the bomb Nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction. she joined the fight against the bomb Example sentencesExamples These proposals were eventually rejected for fear that the use of the bomb might provoke a nuclear exchange with the Soviet Union. Once inside the target, burning uranium is another part of the bomb's destructive power. Let me say that I have a strong but constructive critique against parts of the traditional left with regard to their attitude to the bomb and nuclear power. Harry Truman, who made the decision to use it, shared with the electorate the opinion that the bomb was a legitimate weapon. The age of the bomb, and of other weapons of mass destruction (chemical and biological) continues. From the very outset all the combatants knew that the bomb would be both a weapon of destruction and a weapon of terror. Of little military significance, the city of 250,000 provided a good test of the bomb's destructiveness. Despite the unarguable logic of the bomb, nuclear wars don't happen. Part one, describing the destructive effects of the bomb on the population of the two cities, was published on August 6. The danger is that the government's scaremongering proves so effective that if the worst comes to pass, lives will be lost as a result of fear and ignorance rather than the direct effects of the bomb. Synonyms nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, a-bombs 1.3 A small pressurized container that sprays liquid, foam, or gas. the bug bombs we tried did not kill the cockroaches Example sentencesExamples There will also be a curfew on using fireworks after 11 pm and a complete ban on air bomb sales. The root water potential was measured by a PMS Model 600 pressure bomb. Furthermore, when the shoot is placed in a pressure bomb and is pressurized to the balance point, the meniscus can be seen to; Return to the cut surface of the open conduits. If we were their last hope as they stood over a ginormous liquid nitrogen bomb, wondering whether to cut the blue wire or the red wire, then I fear we have just lost a reader. 2A lump of lava thrown out by a volcano. Example sentencesExamples Everyone else gets going out of the way of the lava bombs and lava flows. Fresh manure, too, dollops of it ramping over the concrete lip of the stall floor like lava bombs flung from a brown volcano. And though he'd heard that reaching the 12500-foot summit would be an ordeal, he wasn't prepared for the scorching lava bombs that Erebus hurled at him. The party ran out of the palace and looked up in the sky and saw a swarm of what looked like lava bees holding lava bombs. The group hovered along the surface, flying over the lava fields and dodging the rare incoming of a lava bomb. 3a bombBritish informal A large sum of money. it will cost a bomb in call charges Example sentencesExamples It must have cost a bomb but it looked absolutely amazing on her. LCD televisions are all the rage, but a space-saving panel with a picture to rival your traditional set will cost a bomb. Of course, some of them cost a bomb, but their effect in a home makes up for everything. The place was very small, and the drinks cost a bomb! It cost a bomb, but the university footed the bill, as I had to move at their request. The Greenwich Millennium Village's developers must be making an absolute bomb out of the old gasworks. Soft-toys available in upmarket shops cost a bomb, whereas the toys here are priced at a very affordable range. And here's your workstation - it cost a bomb, and it's the latest and fastest, I believe. They may be high fashion, and they may well cost a bomb, but they are, fundamentally, half your basic shell suit. Whether that means adding on another bathroom, or a garden shed - this legislation does not detail that - it will cost a bomb. The show didn't cost a bomb and was in aid of a local charity for children. I told him that it would cost a bomb and that my Mom and Dad would never allow it. Drinks run the gamut from Manhattans to Martinis but shaken or stirred they cost a bomb. Synonyms a fortune, a small fortune, a king's ransom, a huge amount, a vast sum, a large sum of money, a lot, millions, billions 4informal A movie, play, or other event that fails badly. Example sentencesExamples And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs. 4.1 An old car, especially a run-down one. Example sentencesExamples It's the story of three backpackers - two British girls and a Sydney bloke - who buy an old bomb to drive from WA to Cairns. 5the bomb" or "da bombUS informal An outstandingly good person or thing. the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently Example sentencesExamples This year's poster looks good online sure, but the real-deal is totally the bomb. He is simply ‘da Bomb’ where ladies are concerned. But as it turns out, this cute little game is still da bomb. From what I've seen and heard about her on the show, I think she is the bomb. I played using more of the lower register, which is totally DA BOMB on my violin, and I really need to do that more often. This is a film in which ballet's da bomb and hip-hop is haute. 6A long forward pass or hit in a ball game. a big 40-yard bomb down the middle to tight end Howard Cross Example sentencesExamples The bomb briefly tied the score at 7, but it was all downhill from there. Stand off Andy Hirst caused panic in the home defence with a high bomb which was scrambled out of play. Passing the bomb between teammates and trying to setup plays is really cool! Minutes later Campbell scored again at the end of a deftly weighted bomb. On the second play of the second half, Manning took advantage of a dazed Aaron Glenn and hit Wayne on a 57-yard bomb. Evans showed a glimpse of his potential vs. the Raiders by catching a bomb from Bledsoe for 65 yards. His right arm had enough juice to fire a 50-yard crossfield bomb to Connell at the goal line for the score. They nudged further ahead when Steve Prescott converted after Vaikona knocked forward a bomb to an off-side Lee Radford. Godfrey, who was superb with ball in hand if a little suspect under the bomb, received the pass to beat his man and blast over. He made a couple of small mistakes, but nothing like the touchdown bomb that beat him in the preseason opener. The two were superb last season and during the preseason, when the Culpepper-to-Moss bomb was the best part of an otherwise rusty offense. Defenses learned how Williams could burn them deep, so they gave him a lot of room underneath to protect against the 40-yard bombs. Moreover, it's responsible for inducing a leaguewide abandonment of the most entertaining play in football: the long bomb. He came forward time after time, loading up with bombs from his swinging right hand - only few though, if any, connected. Sharks captain David Peachey brought his side back into the match with a try just three minutes later as he chased down a Jason Kent bomb which Burt failed to contest. Loose forward Lee Charlton hoisted a huge bomb to the posts and Birky full back Morton Robinson lost the ball under pressure. After York failed to take a high bomb, Rovers moved the ball out to Gavin Molloy who was awarded a try despite appeals for a forward pass. Chris Chambers caught a bomb and had a 100-yard receiving day. The ball finds its way to Hedman, who launches a bomb down the middle. Vincanity has been taking all sorts of heat for the Raptors losing streak but Carter was dropping bombs last night, scoring 43. 7informal A marijuana cigarette. Synonyms cannabis cigarette, marijuana cigarette verbbɑmbäm 1with object Attack (a place or vehicle) with a bomb or bombs. London was bombed, night after night a series of bombings Example sentencesExamples As winter approaches, another group of Red Cross food distribution centres is inadvertently bombed in a country where four million people face starvation. The US is continuing to heavily bomb the city on a daily basis. This means bombing the industrial cities, torpedoing the Atlantic convoys. The area was heavily bombed in the Blitz, and later heavily redeveloped. Moments after they left, the Yugoslav air force began bombing the city. Before the Sri Lankan army captured Jaffna in 1995, the Air Force indiscriminately bombed civilian areas in the city. The next occasion Bangkok heard the drone of Allied bombers was 19 December when the dock area was bombed at night. We cannot create a safer world by terrorising and bombing the land of every dictator who chooses not to take ‘our’ side. A couple of nights ago they were using cluster bombs to bomb some area. In retrospect, with 20/20 hindsight, people now understand that he should have bombed the camps. I think it would be regarded as sacrilegious to bomb the World Heritage sites of Egypt, but I am not sure we have the same scruples about Iraq. Villages were bombed from the air and a town was shelled from a cruiser at sea. We strafed and bombed the city until 23,000 of them were dead. In advance of the line of attack the Luftwaffe heavily bombed all road and rail junctions, and concentrations of Polish troops. We bombed their fields and poisoned their country But what if on arrival, their meeting place were bombed and all 21 were killed? The city was bombed at least six times through the next day and night. It's the supporters who know about how the field was bombed in World War II. Traditionally, cities being bombed turn off all their lights. Synonyms bombard, drop bombs on, explode, blast 2British informal no object, with adverbial of direction Move very quickly. the bus came bombing along Example sentencesExamples Kevin Alderton is hoping to set the first-ever blind speed skiing record by bombing down a snowy slope at more than 100 mph. After beating Andre Ooijer the Frenchman crossed for Silva to finish at the far post after bombing forward. It is the concern of the bank that prices have bombed along despite expectations to the contrary, he said. I have heard many a screeching of car breaks as the driver has been bombing along and come around the corner to meet a huge tractor. He bombs about with the other dogs and is so determined to do whatever they do but he is really clumsy, which has landed him in bother. Johnny Wright came bombing down the right wing and played the ball into Gerard McCargo who curled a sweet left foot shot in off the post. It seemed, based on the reactions of drivers and pedestrians that a group of skaters bombing along the streets was a completely new experience. Synonyms speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whizz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble 3informal no object (of a movie, play, or other event) fail miserably. a big-budget movie that bombed at the box office he bombed out at several tournaments Example sentencesExamples The host noted that, although the film bombed in 1958, Godard placed it on his list of top ten films of that year. The hugely expensive film bombed so badly that one of Hollywood's most venerable companies, United Artists, was destroyed. Since the film bombed, I don't think we'll be seeing more of Riddick in the near future. Noonan's party bombed in the subsequent election, but the photo his team conjured up became one of the campaign's most enduring images. But movies that bombed at the box office yet had young adult cult appeal, are perfect Internet candidates. Sadly, Revolution bombed heavily at the box office, although it had been beautifully shot and directed. Whether Hughes enjoyed the joke is doubtful; expectation was meteoric and he stood to lose a fortune if the film bombed. After Angus bombed, his career officially went into a lull so he enrolled at university and considered giving up acting altogether. It opened in only 700 theatres across the country and quickly bombed. It is quite usual for 90 per cent of the films to bomb at the box office for not being up to the expectations. However, many of his latest movies have bombed at the box-office. Despite this remarkable line-up, the film bombed. If this play bombed, the Thespian Club was likely to drop the senior drama club altogether. First he found solace in Bollywood, but his film Anarth bombed at the box office. Cinemas could become much more entrepreneurial ventures, making more money by taking more of the risk of films smashing or bombing. Unfortunately, this big-budget movie bombed miserably in the box office and the producer burned his fingers. The distributors were not going to be happy, said the theatre manager, although since the film had bombed in Auckland they were probably not expecting too much. It bombed so badly he almost started drinking again. His first film bombed because it failed to live up to its name. The film bombed, much to his disappointment, and he went back to school. Synonyms fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, lack success, fall through, fall flat, break down, abort, miscarry, be defeated, suffer defeat, be in vain, be frustrated, collapse, founder, misfire, backfire, not come up to scratch, meet with disaster, come to grief, come to nothing, come to naught, miss the mark, run aground, go astray Phrases go down a bomb informal Be very well received. those gigs we did went down a bomb Example sentencesExamples That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at the airport. Rooney and his fresh and original act, which included a clever rap parody on popular nursery rhymes, went down a bomb. ‘Your research fails to mention that there was a popular Perry Como version of the song in 1957 which went down a bomb in the Glasgow music halls,’ he says. This hilarious play, derived from the work of Brendan Kennelly, has delighted audiences all over the county and should go down a bomb in Finuge. It'd go down a bomb on the international tourist circuit. A few dropped out of the full monty photo and are possibly regretting the decision since the calendar is going down a bomb in local pubs. Whatever its contradictions, the play clearly went down a bomb with the young people in the audience, which is what really matters. They'd go down a bomb in Wimbledon, the bakers and their strawberry and cream tarts. This is the sort of blend of real history mixed with a dash of naughtiness which seems to go down a bomb with the visitors. Made with black pudding supplied by Kendal butchers Watson & Woollard, the bread went down a bomb. it looks like a bomb's hit it informal Used to describe a place that is extremely messy or untidy in appearance. Example sentencesExamples One villager said: ‘My kitchen looks like a bomb's hit it at the moment. If I'm in charge on my own for just a few hours the place looks like a bomb's hit it. The head of access and recreation said: ‘This is well beyond vandalism, it's sheer wanton destruction - the building looks like a bomb's hit it.’ The fact that the place ends up looking like a bomb's hit it and people aren't sitting down to eat until 11.00 o'clock is irrelevant! However, the room now looks like a bomb's hit it as there is stuff all over the floor! No matter how organised it appears, I still leave the house in the mornings with my room looking like a bomb's hit it. I believe things get worse before they get better - that's why my house looks like a bomb's hit it because there's just stuff everywhere. If the house is half clean he notices that I've only done half, but if I don't do any and the house looks like a bomb's hit it, he doesn't say anything…. Look at it, it looks like a bomb's hit it, it looks like a wasteland, there's not even a sign of a tree. The room tidy bit doesn't always happen but then when it gets to looking like a bomb's hit it they are the ones who have to blitz it clean. Origin Late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin. noun.1 phr.
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