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bomb

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

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#1·Apr 26, 2026US

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

Origin: From , from , from , from , of the sound itself. . Compare boom. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “some things make me feel like i am being perceived as a misogynist time bomb that could start throwing my massive hairy male weight around at any second due to my reactionary scary male emotions”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “The EU's inability to access Mythos for defensive testing stops being a regulatory frustration and becomes something closer to an existential exposure. This is like the race for the Atomic bomb but with Trump in charge of the US. See where this is going?..”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “trump thought he could bomb Iran into submission. It didn’t work. All it did was show trump up as the petty, impotent ass we always knew he is. And we’re paying for his stupid ego.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “💥Grayzone's Wyatt Reed reports from the B1 bridge near Tehran and surveys the damage of a massive US assault that destroyed one of the country's most significant infrastructure projects as Donald Trump vowed to bomb Iran "back to the Stone Age"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “He shouted that he had a bomb, was shot twice and told not to move, then started moving again and shouted “No, allahu akbar”. Shooting him however many times necessary to stop him at that point seems entirely justifiable.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026US

(colloquial) Any explosive charge.

The mineworkers are setting their bombs.
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  • “The nuclear material to make a bomb is buried We have eyes on it and can deter any efforts to retrieve it so What the hell is Trump doing? Iran isn’t going to crack and throw up a white flag because Trump posts a threat on social media Trump is an idiot”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hey @stickcomical.bsky.social I made an edit of that color blank pic of your Bomb oc and give her her color and a beautiful background I work away too hard on.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#PowerPopOfTheDay #MusicChallenge #MusicSky "Ready... Set... No!" by Bomb the Music Industry! ("Album Minus Band", 2005) #SkaPunk #PowerPop”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “vanishing bomb (the ol' cloak) and dagger | The Finals #thefinals #dagger #vanishingbomb”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “🎶 #nowplaying Brian Eno - Bone Bomb 📻 Listen at https://oakgroveradio.com/player #lpfm #localradio #communityradio #kansas”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026US

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

water bombs]] in the garden.
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  • “I’ve said (a bit like bomb sites that were still being cleared when I was a kid in the 1990s) that it’ll be the 2050s and you’ll still see them”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Nearly a dozen Toronto schools receive bomb threats, two evacuated – CTV News https://www.newsbeep.com/521624/ Nearly a dozen Toronto schools receive bomb threats, two evacuated  CTV NewsBomb threats made against multiple Toronto schools: police  CityNews…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “You are a perfect human being, The Bath Bomb Dealer 🛁 🫧!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “so you're saying he made that movie because he feels like the guy who made the nuclear bomb and thought he might possibly have caused the end of the world?”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Bomb them back to the Stone Age" - What are the origins of this phrase? My students are interested about what the president has been saying. Thank you!”

    — r/etymology· Apr 2026
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