bomb | (noun) an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions | - |
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(noun) strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion | Synonyms: bomb calorimeter |
(noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | Synonyms: dud, turkey |
(verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | Synonyms: bombard |
(verb) fail to get a passing grade | Synonyms: fail, flunk, flush it |
bombard | (noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family | Synonyms: bombardon |
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(verb) direct high energy particles or radiation against | - |
(verb) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | Synonyms: barrage |
(verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | Synonyms: bomb |
(verb) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile | Synonyms: pelt |
bombardier | (noun) the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target | - |
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(noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery | - |
bombardment | (noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target | Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling |
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(noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombing |
(noun) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) | - |
(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) | Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring |
bombardon | (noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family | Synonyms: bombard |
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(noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician | Synonyms: helicon |
bombast | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, claptrap, fustian, rant |
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bombastic | (adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style | Synonyms: declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
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bombastically | (adverb) in a grandiose manner | Synonyms: grandiosely |
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(adverb) in a turgid manner | Synonyms: turgidly |
bombazine | (noun) a twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted | - |
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bomber | (noun) a military aircraft that drops bombs during flight | - |
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(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | Synonyms: Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep |
(noun) a person who plants bombs | - |
bombie | (noun) an unexploded bomblet | - |
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bombilate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombinate, buzz |
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bombilation | (noun) sound of rapid vibration | Synonyms: bombination, buzz |
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bombinate | (verb) make a buzzing sound | Synonyms: bombilate, buzz |
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bombination | (noun) sound of rapid vibration | Synonyms: bombilation, buzz |
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bombing | (noun) an attack by dropping bombs | Synonyms: bombardment |
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(noun) the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists | - |
bomblet | (noun) one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb | Synonyms: cluster bomblet |
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bombproof | (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells | Synonyms: shellproof |
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(noun) a chamber (often underground) reinforced against bombing and provided with food and living facilities; used during air raids | Synonyms: air-raid shelter, bomb shelter |
(verb) make safe against bombings | - |
bombshell | (noun) an explosive bomb or artillery shell | - |
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(noun) a shocking surprise | Synonyms: thunderbolt, thunderclap |
(noun) an entertainer who has a sensational effect | - |
bombsight | (noun) a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs | - |
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bombycid | (noun) moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk | Synonyms: bombycid moth, silkworm moth |
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