bombs in English

noun

1

a 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.

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.

synonyms: explosive, incendiary (device), missile, projectile, blockbuster, bombshell

2

a lump of lava thrown out by a volcano.

Everyone else gets going out of the way of the lava bombs and lava flows.

3

a movie, play, or other event that fails badly.

And while expensive star signings have won lacklustre ratings, the channel's film arm has produced a string of critical and commercial bombs .

synonyms: failure, megaflop, fiasco, loss-maker, debacle, flop, washout, bust, dud, turkey, dog, lemon, no-hoper, nonstarter, dead loss, clunker

4

a long forward pass or hit in a ball game.

a big 40-yard bomb down the middle to tight end Howard Cross

5

an outstandingly good person or thing.

the site would really be da bomb if its content were updated more frequently

6

a marijuana cigarette.

7

a large sum of money.

it will cost a bomb in call charges

verb

1

attack (a place or vehicle) with a bomb or bombs.

London was bombed, night after night

synonyms: bombard, blast, shell, blitz, strafe, pound, attack, assault, blow up, destroy, demolish, flatten, devastate

2

(of a movie, play, or other event) fail miserably.

a big-budget movie that bombed at the box office

synonyms: fail, flop, fall flat, founder

3

move very quickly.

the bus came bombing along

noun

explosive, incendiary (device), missile, projectile, blockbuster, bombshell
nuclear weapons, nuclear bombs, atom bombs, A-bombs
failure, megaflop, fiasco, loss-maker, debacle, flop, washout, bust, dud, turkey, dog, lemon, no-hoper, nonstarter, dead loss, clunker
bomb calorimeter
turkey, dud

verb

bombard, fail, flunk
bombard, blast, shell, blitz, strafe, pound, attack, assault, blow up, destroy, demolish, flatten, devastate
fail, flop, fall flat, founder
bombard
flunk, fail

Use "bombs" in a sentence

1. Bombs synonyms, Bombs pronunciation, Bombs translation, English dictionary definition of Bombs

2. Bombs: MK series bombs, BL755 cluster bombs, Matra Durandal anti-runway bombs, and laser guided bombs.

3. They are respectively bullets, bombs, shells, napalm bombs, time bombs, and grenades.

4. Also known as Bird Bombs, Bear Bombs, Noise Bombs, Bird Bangers, Bear Bangers, Twin Shot and Knallpatronen

5. Yeah. They are respectively bullets, bombs, shells, napalm bombs, time bombs, armour-piercing shells, and grenades.

6. a. Smoke grenades, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and explosive devices;

7. They make bombs.

8. Examples: Nail bombs, chemical bombs, grenades, firecrackers or any fireworks that explode

9. You were making bombs!

10. Other bombs included cluster bombs, which disperse numerous submunitions, and daisy cutters, 15,000-pound bombs which can disintegrate everything within hundreds of yards.

11. Stray bombs hit the barracks, and incendiary bombs set the woods on fire.

12. Bombs bursting in air?

13. You got so many Bombs.

14. He's an encyclopaedia of bombs.

15. It's fertilizer for the bombs!

16. These people. Are time bombs.

17. But, your bombs doesn't work.

18. The bombs bursting in air

19. Thermo baric bombs, daisy cutters, laser bombs, cluster bombs, etc. are being used extensively in Afghanistan, killing and injuring people who already live in stone age conditions.

20. Bohos & Bombs Bohos & Bombs was born as a place to share the pretty things in life.

21. Peaceful “Time Bombs” and “Death Traps”

22. Let your homemade bath Bombs dry

23. Rockets'red glare, bombs bursting in air.

24. You any good at defusing bombs?

25. Two other bombs failed to detonate.

26. Here, you'll find the best hot chocolate Bombs out there—including snowman-shaped versions, unicorn-themed Bombs, and more

27. DUDE Bombs Deodorizing Toilet Freshener When you use DUDE Bombs, you can literally walk around like your poop doesn’t stink

28. Incendiary Bombs are of two main types.

29. I've made three bombs all in all.

30. Are these beds made out of bombs?

31. Don't shoot unless we hear the bombs.

32. Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the city.

33. The properties and effects of Atomic bombs

34. PERSONAL SECURITY: Bombs set off in marketplaces.

35. We’re talking, of course, about broth Bombs.

36. I'm avoiding boyle and his truth bombs.

37. The explosion of bombs rent the serenity.

38. Blitzing: to use bombs or artillery against.

39. The town was obliterated by the bombs.

40. Railway stations are prime targets for bombs.

41. Such bombs were first deployed in the 1960s.

42. It's all been destroyed by bombs or hatred.

43. Everybody face down, there are bombs coming over!

44. Those bombs woke up a bunch of them.

45. 3 Bombs were exploding all around the city.

46. Bombs falling on cities, houses crumbling like sandcastles.

47. Bombs went off at two London train stations.

48. The plane had been adapted to carry bombs.

49. The second wave was also armed with 230 lb bombs, and the third and fourth carried 600 lb (270 kg) bombs.

50. The Bombs were found the following day before they detonated, but law enforcement authorities have said they believe the Bombs were viable — …