From en.wiktionary.org:
[BOMB]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], [en] of the sound itself. [en]. Compare [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en] - [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] An explosive device used or intended as a weapon , especially, one drop ped from an aircraft . 2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2008 | author=Sidney Gelb | title=Foreign Service Agent | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fTukkgLTlRwC&pg=PA629&dq=%22it+was+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=85_9ToqJJvCXiQel1bCxAQ&ved=0CGEQ6AEwCTgU#v=onepage&q=%22it%20was%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=629 |passage=The size of the ground hole crater from the blast indicates it was a BOMB.}}
1. [en] The atomic bomb . 2. [en] Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect . 3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2014-04-25 | author= Martin Lukacs (see http://www.theguardian.com/profile/martin-lukacs) |volume=190|issue=20|page=13|magazine=w:The Guardian Weekly |title=Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy (see http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/16/canada-becoming-launch-pad-of-a-global-tar-sands-and-oil-shale-frenzy) |passage=If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon BOMB, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction.}}
1. * [en] 2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2024-11-14 | author1=Linda Feldmann | author2=Henry Gass | titleurl=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/1114/trump-cabinet-matt-gaetz | title=Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty | journal=w:The Christian Science Monitor |passage=Mr. Gaetz’s loyalty to Mr. Trump, and willingness to toss proverbial BOMBS in Washington’s corridors of power, has shown no bounds, at least in public.}}
1. [en] [en] A grenade , mortar shell [,] or artillery shell < !--before the breech-loading cartridge era-->. 2. * [en] 3. [en] [en] .
1. [en] Any explosive charge . 2. [en] A bag or balloon containing a substance such as water, flour, or paint, designed to burst and splatter. 3. [en] Anything that is at risk of exploding (literally) or that has exploded. 4. [en] A fart . 5. [en] A failure ; an unpopular commercial product. 6. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1997 | author=Eric L. Flom | title=Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R9NuChpopoAC&pg=PA277&dq=%22the+movie%7Cfilm+was+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LZP9TpugE6maiQe1sOj-Cg&sqi=2&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22the%20movie%7Cfilm%20was%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=277 |passage=Projection problems plagued _Countess’_ London premiere on January 5, 1967, Jerry Epstein recalled, and it was perhaps an omen, for reaction by critics afterward was swift and immediate: The film was a BOMB.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2010 | author=w:Tony Curtis; w:Peter Golenbock | title=American Prince: My Autobiography | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SZBqav49IBMC&pg=PT286&dq=%22the+movie%7Cfilm+was+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LZP9TpugE6maiQe1sOj-Cg&sqi=2&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20movie%7Cfilm%20was%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=unnumbered |passage=The movie was a BOMB and so was my next film, _Balboa_, in which I played a scheming real estate tycoon.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Elizabeth Barfoot Christian | title=Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Sj_6Mwvr4zcC&pg=PA11&dq=%22the+movie%7Cfilm+was+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aJv9TpWgCMaTiAeUv-WvAQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=%22the%20movie%7Cfilm%20was%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=11 |passage=The movie was a BOMB, but it put the band before an even larger audience.}}
1. [en] A car in poor condition. 2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=August 6 2005 | title=Warm affection for a rust-bucket past | journal=w:Sydney Morning Herald | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/words/warm-affection-for-a-rustbucket-past/2005/08/04/1123125839592.html |passage=Nowadays, an old BOMB simply won’t pass the inspection.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2010 | author=Rebecca James | title=Beautiful Malice | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=aVIa9SylVbYC&pg=PA19&dq=%22old+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AJ79TvGbIa-PiAf1q4ivAw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwATgo#v=onepage&q=%22old%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=19 |passage=We′ve got the money and it just feels ridiculous to let you drive around in that old BOMB.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Amarinda Jones | title=Seducing Celestine | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GGxWdLqvAKsC&pg=PA49&dq=%22the+car+was+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Oo79TqPJFcujiAf12eTPBA&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22the%20car%20was%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=49 |passage=After two weeks of driving it she knew the car was a BOMB and she did not need anyone saying it to her. The only one allowed to pick on her car was her. _Piece of crap car [...]_}}
1. [en] A large amount of money. 2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2009 | author=Matthew Vierling | title=The Blizzard | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ld2ItnVTr4IC&pg=PA133&dq=%22cost+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hL39TpTrCu6PiAe3n5D1DQ&sqi=2&ved=0CGwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22cost%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=133 |passage=When Kiley presented Blackpool with the custom shotgun, he said, “This must′ve cost a BOMB.”}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2010 | author=Liz Young | title=Fair Game | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Rrgw8pvkhT4C&pg=PA136&dq=%22spent%7Ccost+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4MH9TqmICbGaiAfXpcDVAQ&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCTgK#v=onepage&q=%22spent%7Ccost%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=136 |passage='You′ve already spent a BOMB!'<br>'Not _on_ it, Sal — _under_ it. Presents!' As we eventually staggered up to bed, Sally said to me, 'I hope to God he's not been spending a BOMB on presents, too.[...]'}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Michael R. Häack | title=Passport: A Novel of International Intrigue | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=704NYg5NrfMC&pg=PA47&dq=%22spent%7Ccost+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4MH9TqmICbGaiAfXpcDVAQ&ved=0CFcQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22spent%7Ccost%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false | page=47 |passage=The kids cost a BOMB to feed, they eat all the time.}}
1. * 2011 , Bibe, _A Victim_ , |cost+a+bomb%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4MH9TqmICbGaiAfXpcDVAQ&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22spent | cost%20a%20bomb%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 38 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OvZOl56c7N8C&pg=PA38&dq=%22spent) , 2. *: He had recently exchanged his old bike for a new, three speed racer, which cost a BOMB and the weekly payment were becoming difficult, with the dangers of repossession. 3. Something highly effective or attractive. 1. [en] A success ; the bomb . 2. [en] A very attractive woman. 3. [en] [en] An action or statement that causes a strong reaction. 1. An obscene word identified by its first letter. 4. [en] A long forward pass . 5. [en] A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down. 6. [en] A throw into the basket from a considerable distance. 7. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2013 | author=Brett L. Abrams; Raphael Mazzone | title=The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball | page=163 |passage=With five seconds remaining, Smith received the inbounds pass and launched a BOMB that dropped through the net to give his team an 80-79 victory.}}
1. [en] A highly potent joint (cannabis cigarette). 2. * [en]
1. A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours. 2. * {{ quote-journal |en |year=1980 |month=October |author=Frederick Sanders |coauthors=John R. Gyakum |title=Synoptic-dynamic climatology of the 'bomb' |journal=Monthly Weather Review |volume=108 |issue=10 |url= |page=1596 |passage=A BOMB for this study is defined as one in which the deepening rate is the geostrophic equivalent of at least 12 mb in 12 h at 45ºN. }}
1. [en] A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure. 2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2008 | author=François Cardarelli | title=Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvU-qbQJq7IC&pg=PA276&dq=The+titanium+tetrachloride+is+then+reduced+with+sodium+bomb&hl=en&sa=X&ei=AaL9TprtCsuUiQe1gbXYBA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=The%20titanium%20tetrachloride%20is%20then%20reduced%20with%20sodium%20bomb&f=false | page=276 |passage=The process consisted in preparing the metal by metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride with sodium metal in a steel BOMB.}}
1. [en] A great booming noise; a hollow sound. 2. * [II] 3. [en] A woman’s breast . 4. [en] A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat. 5. [en] A recreational drug ground up , wrap ped, and swallow ed. 6. [en] An act of jump ing into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squat ting position, to maximize splash ing. 7. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2016 | author=w:Steve Coogan; [Gibbons brothers] | title=Alan Partridge: Nomad | page=45 |text=In clear contravention of the International Code of Conduct for Swimming Baths, a teenager had entered the pool by performing a BOMB.}}
**** Usage notes
- The diametrical slang meanings are somewhat distinguishable by the article. For “a success”, the phrase is generally [en] . Otherwise _bomb_ can mean “a failure”.
**** Derived terms
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**** Translations
[device filled with explosives]
- Afrikaans: [af] - Albanian: [sq] - Amharic: [am] - Arabic: [ar] - Armenian: [hy] - Azerbaijani: [az] - Basque: [eu] - Belarusian: [be] - Bengali: [bn] - Breton: [br] - Bulgarian: [bg] - Burmese: [my] , [my] [mine] - Catalan: [ca] , [ca] - Chechen: [ce] - Cherokee: [chr] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] - Estonian: [et] - Faroese: [fo] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr] _(shell)_ - Galician: [gl] - Georgian: [ka] - German: [de] , [de] - Greek: [el] - Gujarati: [gu] - Hawaiian: [haw] - Hebrew: [he] - Hindi: [hi] , [hi] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Icelandic: [is] , [is] - Ido: [io] - Indonesian: [id] - Ingrian: [izh] - Interlingua: [ia] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] - Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja] - Kannada: [kn] - Kazakh: [kk] - Khmer: [km] - Korean: [ko] , [ko] - Kurdish: - Kyrgyz: [ky] - Lao: [lo] , [lo] - Latin: [la] , [la] - Latvian: [lv] - Lithuanian: [lt] - Luxembourgish: [lb] - Macedonian: [mk] - Malay: [ms] - Maltese: [mt] - Manx: [gv] - Marathi: [mr] , [mr] - Mongolian: - Norman: [nrf] [Jersey] - Norwegian: - Occitan: [oc] - Pashto: [ps] - Persian: - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] - Serbo-Croatian: - Sicilian: [scn] - Sinhalese: [si] - Slovak: [sk] - Slovene: [sl] - Spanish: [es] , [es] - Swahili: [sw] - Swedish: [sv] - Tagalog: [literally] [tl] - Tajik: [tg] - Tamil: [ta] , [ta] - Thai: [th] , [th] - Tibetan: [bo] - Tigrinya: [ti] - Turkish: [tr] - Turkmen: [tk] - Ukrainian: [uk] - Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur] - Uyghur: [ug] - Uzbek: [uz] - Vietnamese: [vi] - Volapük: [vo] - Welsh: [cy] - West Frisian: [fy] - Yiddish: [yi] - Yoruba: [yo] , [yo] - Zhuang: [za] [trans-bottom]
[unpopular commercial product]
- Dutch: [nl] - Swahili: [sw] [trans-bottom]
[car in poor condition]
- Catalan: [ca] - Dutch: [nl] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] - Maltese: [mt] - Russian: [ru] - Swahili: [sw] [trans-bottom]
[success]
[very attractive woman]
- Catalan: [ca] - Dutch: [nl] - French: [fr] , [fr] - Greek: [el] - Italian: [it] - Maltese: [mt] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] - Slovene: [sl] [trans-bottom]
[football: long forward pass] [trans-bottom]
[chemistry: container]
- German: [de] - Japanese: [ja] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] [trans-bottom]
[a jump into water for maximum splashing]
- French: [fr] - German: [de] - Russian: [ru] [trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To attack using one or more bomb s; to bombard . 2. * 2000 , Canadian Peace Research Institute, Canadian Peace Research and Education Association, _Peace Research_ , Volumes 32-33, |%22bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing | bombed%22&dq=%22bombing%22 | %22bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing | bombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=89H9TpLeI8eUiAfyq8W7AQ&redir_esc=y page 65 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0b8HAQAAMAAJ&q=%22bombing%22) , 3. *: 15 May: US jets BOMBED air-defence sites north of Mosul, as the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the US and Britain of intentionally BOMBING civilian targets. (AP) 4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=Howard Zinn | title=A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vu-hxQypyjkC&pg=PA421&dq=%22bombing%22%7C%22bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WM79TsG7DeyhiAen6LXGAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bombing%22%7C%22bombed%22%20-intitle%3A%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&f=false | page=421 |passage=Italy had BOMBED cities in the Ethiopian war; Italy and Germany had BOMBED civilians in the Spanish Civil War; at the start of World War II German planes dropped bombs on Rotterdam in Holland, Coventry in England, and elsewhere.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2007 | author=David Parker | title=Hertfordshire Children in War and Peace, 1914-1939 | pageurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107075028/http://books.google.com.au/books?id=T9v-hd7HCFMC&pg=PA59&dq=%22bombing%22%7C%22bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7Mv9Ttn4MMmWiQeL59TFCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bombing%22%7C%22bombed%22%20-intitle%3A%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&f=false | page=59 |passage=Essendon was BOMBED in the early hours of 3 September 1916; a few houses and part of the church were destroyed, and two sisters killed.}}
1. * [en] 1. [en] To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing . 2. * [en] 2. [en] 1. To jump into water in a squat ting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs, in order to maximise the resulting splash . 2. To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly. 3. [en] To move at high speed. 3. [en] 1. [en] To make oneself drunk . 2. * [en] 3. * 1995 , _Four Rooms_ (film) 4. *: TED: The champagne you ordered, sir. <br> MAN: No time for this. Leave it on ice. <br> WIFE: But I want some now... <br> MAN: There'll be plenty for you at the party, baby, you can BOMB yourself all you want at the party. 5. To cover an area in many graffiti tag s. 6. * [en] 7. [en] To fail dismally. 8. * [en] 9. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1992 | month=June | author=Lynn Norment | title=Arsenio Hall: Claiming the Late-night Crown | journal= 吴语: Ebony (magazine) | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=r8wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74&dq=%22he%7Cit+bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v9b9Tsz_MM-QiQeBz5CADw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he%7Cit%20bombed%22%20-intitle%3A%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&f=false | page=74 |passage=So Hall quit the job, turned in the company car and went to Chicago, where as a stand-up comic he BOMBED several times before he was discovered by Nancy Wilson, who took him on the road — where he BOMBED again before a room of Republicans—and then to Los Angeles.}}
1. * 2000 , Carmen Infantino, Jon B. Cooke (interviewer), _The Carmen Infantino Interview_ , in Jon B. Cooke, Neal Adams, _Comic Book Artist Collection_ , |it+bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing | bombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=v9b9Tsz_MM-QiQeBz5CADw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he | it%20bombed%22%20-intitle%3A%22bombing | bombed%22&f=false page 12 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=H3Zv6DN7eRIC&pg=PA12&dq=%22he) , 2. *: Carmen: [...] Then it BOMBED and it BOMBED badly. After a few more issues I asked Mike what was happening and he said, “I′m trying everything I can but it′s just not working.” So I took him off the book and he left. That was it. 3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2008 | author=Erik Sternberger | title=The Long and Winding Road | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7WWxLcoAGqAC&pg=PA62&dq=%22he%7Cit+bombed%22+-intitle:%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Itz9ToLbCuuXiAe1q-2fCQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22he%7Cit%20bombed%22%20-intitle%3A%22bombing%7Cbombed%22&f=false | page=62 |passage=She was the reason why he BOMBED the interview. He just couldn′t seem to get her out of his mind.}}
1. [en] To crash . 2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2001 | author=Janet Holm McHenry | title=Girlfriend Gatherings: Creative Ways to Stay Connected | page=28 |passage=When things weren't going Alison's way at work — some editor wanted something changed or her computer BOMBED again — she'd cuss and yell at whoever happened to be in the way.}}
1. [en] [en] To make a smelly mess in (a toilet ).
1. [en] To sound ; to boom ; to make a humming or buzzing sound. 2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1625 | author=w:Ben Jonson | title=w:The Fortunate Isles and Their Union |passage=What over-charged piece of melancholie / Is this, breakes in betweene my wishes thus, / With BOMBING sighs?}}
1. [en] [en] .
**** Derived terms
{{col|en |bomber |bomb off |bomb out |dive-bomb,divebomb |unbombed |Zoombomb,Zoombombing }}
**** Translations
[attack with bombs]
- Albanian: [sq] - Arabic: [ar] - Armenian: [hy] - Azerbaijani: [az] - Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] , [be] [to shell, to fire projectiles] - Bulgarian: [bg] - Catalan: [ca] - Chinese: - Czech: [cs] , [cs] - Danish: [da] - Dutch: [nl] - Esperanto: [eo] , [eo] - Estonian: [et] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] , [fr] - Galician: [gl] , [gl] - Georgian: [ka] , [ka] - German: [de] - Greek: [el] - Hebrew: [he] , [he] - Hindi: [hi] - Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] - Ido: [io] - Indonesian: [id] - Ingrian: [izh] - Interlingua: [ia] , [ia] - Irish: [ga] - Italian: [it] - Japanese: [ja] , [ja] - Korean: [ko] , [ko] - Latin: [la] , [la] - Latvian: [lv] - Lithuanian: [lt] - Macedonian: [mk] - Norman: [nrf] - Norwegian: - Pannonian Rusyn: [rsk] , [rsk] - Persian: [fa] - Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl] [to shell, to fire projectiles] - Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] - Romanian: [ro] - Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [to shell, to fire projectiles] - Serbo-Croatian: - Slovak: [sk] , [sk] - Slovene: [sl] - Spanish: [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] [dated] , [sv] - Thai: [th] - Turkish: [tr] - Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk] [to shell, to fire projectiles] - Vietnamese: [vi] - Volapük: [vo] - Yakut: [sah] - Yoruba: [yo] , [yo] [trans-bottom]
[fail spectacularly]
- Czech: [cs] - Dutch: [nl] - French: [fr] , [fr] [trans-bottom]
[to jump into water in a squatting position]
- German: [de] - Spanish: [es] [trans-bottom]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Great , awesome .
**** See also
- [en]
*** References
- [I] - [Bomb] - [R:Century 1911] - [R:OneLook]
*** Further reading
- [pedia] [en] [en]
** Danish
*** Pronunciation
- [da] - [da]
*** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Pronunciation
- [nb] - [nb]
*** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
** Swedish
[lang=sv]
*** Etymology
From [sv]
*** Pronunciation
- [sv] - [sv]
*** Noun
[c]
1. a [en] 1. a bombshell (also figuratively)
**** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-er]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|sv |atombomb |badbomb |bensinbomb |bilbomb |bombanfall |bombangrepp |bombattack |bombattentat |bombattrapp |bombbälte |bombdåd |bombflyg |bombfällning |bombhot |bombhund |bombhärjad |bombkrater |bombkrevad |bomblarm |bombman |bombmatta |bombnedslag |bomboffer |bombplan |bombräd |bombsplitter |bombsäker |bombvåg |brandbomb |brevbomb |bussbomb |fettbomb |flygbomb |fosforbomb |glassbomb |kaloribomb |kissbomb |klusterbomb |miljöbomb |minbomb |napalmbomb |neutronbomb |plutoniumbomb |prisbomb |rökbomb |rörbomb |sexbomb |sjunkbomb |självmordsbomb |slangbomb |sockerbomb |splitterbomb |sprängbomb |stinkbomb |superbomb |vägbomb |vätebomb }}
**** Related terms
- [sv] - [sv] - [sv]
*** References
- [so] - [saol] - [saob] [sv] [sv]