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. Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov:

   The U.S. is pushing them and in the end they are provoking Iran to create a nuclear bomb, unequivocally.

2. Raul Munguia:

   The bomb squad is on scene and they are trying to determine the nature of the threat.

3. Jimmy Hill:

   Although initial reports indicated that he was killed in a breadline, The State Department informed us that his death was from a Russian bomb. Jimmy was in a civilian area of the city near the Chernihiv hospital. The State Department has not yet contacted the family to let us know the specifics.

4. Szymon Kozniewski:

   There was and is a suspicion of an explosive. The plane landed safely and no-one was injured. The plane is being checked by bomb disposal experts.

5. Donald Stratton:

   We got hit with the big bomb and that exploded like a million pounds of ammunition. The fireball went about 60, 70 feet in the air, the explosion could have taken us away, but it didn't and thank God we made it across.