bomb
/bɒm/US /bɑm/bomb
NOUNDefinition of bomb
A bomb is a weapon that explodes.
Example: The man killed himself and eight others by detonating a very powerful bomb.
If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.
Example: The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.
If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.
Example: This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.
If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.
Example: They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.
If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.
bomb
EXAMPLESExamples of bomb
The man killed himself and eight others by detonating a very powerful bomb.
Example sentenceOn August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Example sentenceThe first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.
Example sentenceThis woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.
Example sentenceThey walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.
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