Synonyms for BOMB
bɒmbomb

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1. bombnoun

   A car in poor condition.

   Synonyms:
   rustbucket

2. bombnoun

   A large amount of money, a fortune.

   make a bomb, cost a bomb

   Synonyms:
   pretty penny, fortune, packet

3. bombnoun

   A very attractive woman; a bombshell.

   Synonyms:
   bombshell

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1. bombnoun

   an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

   Synonyms:
   bomb calorimeter, turkey, dud

2. bomb calorimeter, bombnoun

   strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

   Synonyms:
   bomb calorimeter, turkey, dud, bomb

3. turkey, bomb, dudverb

   an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

   "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

   Synonyms:
   flop, turkey, washout, bomb, dud, misfire, joker, bomb calorimeter

4. bombard, bombverb

   throw bombs at or attack with bombs

   "The Americans bombed Dresden"

   Synonyms:
   fail, pelt, barrage, flunk, bombard, flush it, bomb

5. fail, flunk, bomb, flush itverb

   fail to get a passing grade

   "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

   Synonyms:
   go, conk out, give way, flunk, bomb, betray, break down, die, neglect, run out, break, flush it, miscarry, give out, fail, go wrong, bombard, go bad

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Calorimeter
   • Explosive Device
   • Weaponry

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1. bombnoun

   Synonyms:
   shell

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1. List of paraphrases for "bomb":

   bombs, pump, bombing, booby-trapped, explosion, bombard, blast, bombards, bombshell, nuke, bombings, bomba, bam, grenade, blaster, hottie, cannonball, explosives-laden, explosions, shell, car, bombardment, blasts, explosive

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1. bomb

   Synonyms:
   Crash

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How to use BOMB in a sentence?

1. Charlie Bubear:

   In the current lockdown, many of us will likely be getting around to all those cleaning and DIY jobs people love to put off, but I doubt anyone would have expected to stumble across a bomb that has been quietly sitting in their roof for over a hundred years.

2. Lindsey Graham:

   The Iranians have now secured enough votes in the Senate to ensure they have a pathway to a bomb, the missile to deliver it, and the money to pay for it, the only reason the Ayatollah and his henchmen aren't dancing in the streets of Tehran is they don't believe in dancing.

3. Carl Schuster:

   They can bomb anyone landing on one of Japan's main islands... but they can't strike Chinese or North Korean air bases or missile sites.

4. The Tribune, Berlin, 1871:

   The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into a large music factory and had thrown all the notes into confusion.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   They want the deal. They want to say, look what we've accomplished - we've stretched the breakdown from two months to a year, and also to generate alarm, to say, we have to do this, because the Iranians are so close to acquiring a bomb.