26984 words

bombs

18 definitions • 28 examples
1
a weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings:

Examples:

drop a bomb During the war, the enemy dropped a huge number of bombs on the city.
A 100-pound bomb exploded in a market today, injuring three people.
A bomb went off near a hospital in Baghdad.
2
one or more atom bombs:

Examples:

The US was the first country to have the bomb.
3
something that has failed:

Examples:

The play was a real bomb.
4
a lot of money:

Examples:

cost a bomb That coat must have cost a bomb.
Their wine is really good but it costs a bomb.
What a present! It must be worth a bomb!
This knock-off cream is just as good as the expensive stuff and you'll save a bomb on skin care.
He spent a bomb on his daughter's wedding.
5
in sports such as rugby, a kick where the ball goes very high in the air:

Examples:

Smith hoisted a dangerous bomb to the far corner.
The first try came when Jackson made a mess of dealing with a high bomb.
6
in baseball, a home run (= a point scored by hitting the ball so far that you have time to run all the way around the four corners of the playing field before it is returned):

Examples:

Griffey launched a three-run bomb in the eighth inning.
He hit thirty bombs last season.
7
in sports such as American football, a very long, high pass:

Examples:

Smith hoisted a bomb to the ten-yard line.
8
to drop bombs on something:

Examples:

Planes bombed the city every night.
9
to destroy something by exploding a bomb inside it:

Examples:

This hotel was bombed a few years ago.
10
to travel very fast in a vehicle:

Examples:

He was bombing along on his motorbike.
11
to fail:

Examples:

Her last book really bombed.
12
a weapon that explodes:

Examples:

Was there any warning before the bomb went off?
13

Examples:

The last play was a bomb.
14
to explode bombs, or to drop bombs from aircraft:

Examples:

They bombed enemy airfields.
15

Examples:

A lot of students bombed on that last exam.
16
to cost a lot of money:

Examples:

Bank loans, if available at all, cost a bomb.
17
to make a lot of money:

Examples:

They made a bomb selling scrap metal.
18
to fail very badly:

Examples:

The movie bombed at the box office.

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