bomb
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In a message of reconciliation, there will be a visit to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War.
From BBC
Following the backlash to the Haymarket Square bombing and a series of failed strikes, the Knights faded.
Stoppard’s father, a doctor, joined the British Army and died when his ship was bombed.
She was re-elected to Congress in 1941 and argued against America joining the fight in World War II. But the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor later that year galvanized the country.
“His life was like a time bomb waiting to explode,” his wife, Jane, recalled.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.