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- Dictionarybomb/bɒm/
noun
- 1. a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device: "a bomb attack" Similar
- 2. a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.
verb
- 1. attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs: "they bombed the city at dawn" Similar
- 2. move very quickly: informal British "we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed" Similar Opposite
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a weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings: drop a bomb During the war, the enemy dropped a huge number of bombs on the city. A 100-pound bomb exploded in a market today, injuring three people. A bomb went off near a hospital in Baghdad. plant a bomb The terrorists had planted a bomb near the police station.
The meaning of BOMB is an explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions. How to use bomb in a sentence.
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy.
Bomb definition: a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft..
a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc. a time bomb. a smoke bomb.
1. a case filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a detonating device or by impact, esp. one designed to be dropped from an aircraft. 2. any explosive device used as a weapon: a time bomb; a smoke bomb; a car bomb.
Definition of bomb noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
All existing nuclear weapons derive some of their explosive energy from nuclear fission reactions. Weapons whose explosive output is exclusively from fission reactions are commonly referred to as atomic bombs or atom bombs (abbreviated as A-bombs).
Sep 22, 2024 · bomb (third-person singular simple present bombs, present participle bombing, simple past and past participle bombed) ( transitive , intransitive ) To attack using one or more bombs ; to bombard .
a hollow projectile containing an explosive, incendiary, or other destructive substance, esp one carried by aircraft. (as modifier): bomb disposal, a bomb bay. (in combination): a bombload, bombproof. any container filled with explosive: a car bomb, a letter bomb.
