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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /
NOUN
exploding weapon
Synonyms
STRONGEST
device explosive mine missile projectile rocket torpedo
STRONG
bombshell charge grenade shell ticker
WEAK
Molotov cocktail atom bomb hydrogen bomb nuclear bomb
VERB
detonate weapon
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attack blast blow up bombard destroy raid strafe wipe out
STRONG
blitz cannonade napalm prang rake shell torpedo
WEAK
rain destruction zero in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid build protect
VERB
fail miserably
Synonyms
STRONGEST
wipe out
STRONG
flop lose
WEAK
blow it go out of business wash out
Antonyms
STRONG
achieve succeed
WEAK
do well win

Example Sentences

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"It's like if the Manhattan Project announced the nuclear bomb within a cute little Calvin and Hobbes cartoon."

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s like a bomb went off,” said Mike Madrid, a Republican strategist who runs the research nonprofit Latino Working Class Project.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Even before this conflict, hardline voices within Iran's security establishment were arguing for the development of a nuclear bomb.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert read the message just before sirens warning of an Iranian missile threat went off in central Israel and sent him into his home’s bomb shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The Soviets responded in August 1949 with a successful test of their first atomic bomb.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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