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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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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

AFP reporters saw bomb squads patrolling Naypyidaw hotels ahead of the ceremony, and parliament was sequestered by rings of checkpoints.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Lawyers for Lemus’ widow have filed a legal claim, accusing the department of not training him or sending him to the FBI bomb school as required.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Ms. Gage deals with it by visiting the remnants of a Japanese internment camp at Manzanar, Calif., and the research facility in Los Alamos, N.M., where U.S. government scientists built the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Andrei Sakharov, father of the Soviet Union’s hydrogen bomb and designer of the largest explosive ever detonated on earth, did his part to save the world, too.

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

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