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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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But his rhetoric in recent days has focused on reining in the Iranian nuclear programme, which the West fears is aimed at making a bomb.

From Barron's

Experts say uranium enriched above 20 percent can have potential military applications but that enrichment must reach 90 percent to make a bomb.

From Barron's

“You must not call it a carnival. Every year on August sixth we remember those who died when the atom bomb was dropped on our city. It is a memorial day.”

From Literature

In other words, this was a time bomb waiting to go off.

From BBC

But Iran has been under growing pressure from the protests and after an Israeli bombing campaign last year.

From Barron's