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- Dictionarybomb/bɒm/
noun
- 1. a container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device: "a bomb attack" Similar
- 2. a lump of lava thrown out by an erupting volcano.
verb
- 1. attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs: "they bombed the city at dawn" Similar
- 2. move very quickly: informal British "we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed" Similar Opposite
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