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1. An attack by dropping bombs
   - bombardment
    
2. The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

1. Throw bombs at or attack with bombs
   "The Americans bombed Dresden"
   - bombard
    
2. Be unsuccessful in a test, get lower than the passing grade
   "She studied hard but bombed nevertheless"
   - fail, flunk, flush it
    
3. [Brit] Move quickly and violently
   "The car bombed down the street"
   - tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, scream
    
4. Fail badly
   "How many contracting businesses will bomb this year?"
   - 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, hurry, onrush, onset, onslaught, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, sabotage, speed, step on it, travel rapidly, zip

Encyclopedia: Bomb Bomb, ground, 6 lb