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

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, 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

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, 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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bomb

   Synonyms:
   Crash

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1. Sandra Dike:

   It's not safe to go to a public place, like a church, the market. They (Boko Haram) might bomb the place at any time, the war in Libya is worse. That's why we decided to come to Italy.

2. Mike Connors:

   I have a knife, a bomb and a hostage. Bring it on. i was kind of in shock.

3. Andrei Przhezdomsky:

   So far, we say it was an unidentified explosive device as investigators and the Federal Security Service's bomb specialists are to establish the exact cause of this explosion.

4. Joe Sheahan:

   This bomb goes off, who do you call, who do you Google, there’s no one … those blasts did significant damage to the property, not only in radiation.

5. Donald Trump:

   Former President Vicente Fox, who is railing against my visit to Mexico today, also invited me when he apologized for using the ‘f bomb,’.