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Noun: bombing  bóming
  1. An attack by dropping bombs
    - bombardment
     
  2. The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
Verb: bomb  bóm
  1. Throw bombs at or attack with bombs
    "The Americans bombed Dresden"
    - bombard
     
  2. Fail to get a passing grade
    - fail, flunk, flush it
     
  3. [Brit] Move quickly and violently
    - tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
     
  4. Fail badly
    - tank [N. Amer], crash and burn

Derived forms: bombings

See also: bomber

Type of: assail, attack, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, onrush, onset, onslaught, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, sabotage, speed, step on it

Encyclopedia: Bomb Bomb, ground, 6 lb

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