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bomb

noun as in exploding weapon

verb as in detonate weapon

verb as in fail miserably

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Its macros are pretty well-balanced, so it feels less like a sugar or protein bomb and more like a meal.

The solution is that someone has to drop a clarity bomb so that you can reset and get around this downward spiral of weirdness.

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While in the service, Bechtol handled 1,000-pound precision-guided bombs.

People feared that if the Soviets could shoot probes around the Earth and Moon, they could easily drop a nuclear bomb onto Washington or Los Angeles.

The FLQ, which had carried out a string of bombings, executed its most notorious attack the next year, detonating a bomb at the Montreal Stock Exchange that injured dozens.

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

In the middle of all of that past suffering and present-day conflict, this Cosby bomb was dropped.

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.

More like bomb-shells, military mines, torpedoes, and nitroglycerine trains.

The trench mortars—bomb guns they call them—will be ready in Japan in two and a half months' time.

That boy shows old Rachels blood, soliloquized the mistress of Wavertree Hall; he would not run if there were a bomb under him!

Villeroi's reply was to commence the bombardment at once, and forthwith bomb-shells and red-hot shot came pouring on the town.

For instance, the Master Cook has a party of bomb-throwers formed from among the cooks.

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On this page you'll find 83 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bomb, such as: device, explosive, mine, missile, projectile, and rocket.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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