bomb

Nouns

  • (n) an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
  • (n) strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion bomb calorimeter,
  • (n) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
    • the first experiment was a real turkey
    • the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
    dud, turkey,

Verbs

  • (v) throw bombs at or attack with bombs
    • The Americans bombed Dresden
    bombard,
  • (v) fail to get a passing grade
    • She studied hard but failed nevertheless
    • Did I fail the test?
    flunk, flush it, fail,

Synonyms

bombard flunk flush it fail bomb calorimeter dud turkey

Antonyms

make it pass

Words of close approximity

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boar boat bock bode body Boer bogy Bohr boil bola bold Bole boll bolo bolt bond bone bong bonk Bonn bony boob book boom boon boor boot bore Born bosc Bose bosh bosk boss bota both bout bowl boxy bozo
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