bomb

noun

1. 1.

   An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

2. 2.

   figurative

   Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.

3. 3.

   in combination

   A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter.

4. 4.

   Something highly effective or attractive.

5. 5.

   often in combination

   An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.

6. 6.

   An obscene word identified by its first letter.

verb

1. 1.

   transitivefigurativelyoften with with

   To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.

2. 2.

   informal

   To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash.

3. 3.

   informal

   To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.

4. 4.

   Throw bombs at or attack with bombs

5. 5.

   transitiveintransitive

   To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.

Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

• bombingnounInflected form

  An attack by dropping bombs.

• bombernounInflected form

  A military aircraft that drops bombs during flight.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

• bomb upverbCompound term

  Load an aircraft with bombs.

• bomber aircrewnounCompound term

  The crew of a bomber.

• bomber crewnounCompound term

  The crew of a bomber.

• bomber jacketnounCompound term

  A jacket gathered into a band at the waist.

• bomb sitenounCompound term

  An area in a town that has been devastated by bombs.

• bombing runnounCompound term

  That part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target.