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                           bomb  a weapon that explodes:  • The bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem during the city’s morning rush hour. • Fifty-five people were injured in a car bomb attack in Baghdad. • Morrow was convicted in 1998 of sending four letter bombs (= a small bomb hidden in a package and sent to someone in order to hurt or kill them ) to government officials. • People were worried that terrorists would try to detonate a dirty bomb (= a bomb that contains nuclear materials ) in the city centre.  explosives  bombs or substances that can cause explosions:  • They used explosives to blow the door off the front of the building. • The car was packed with 1,000 lbs of high explosives (= powerful explosives ) .  device  a bomb – used especially in news reports:  • Police found the device hidden in a suitcase. • A bomb threat was received and the building was evacuated, but no device was found.  IED  a bomb that has been made using whatever materials are available, especially one used to blow up soldiers travelling through a place. IED is short for ‘improvised explosive device’:  • Several soldiers were killed when an IED exploded as their convoy drove by.  mine  a type of bomb that is hidden just below the ground or under water, and that explodes when it is touched:  • The fields are still full of landmines . • The ship struck a mine and sank.  grenade  ( also hand grenade ) a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a special gun:  • He pulled the pin and threw a grenade toward the enemy’s position.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           see TIME BOMB.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                             noun ADJ.  big, huge, large, massive | small | cluster, fire, high explosive, incendiary, mortar, nail, petrol, smoke | atom/atomic, hydrogen, neutron, nuclear | bouncing, flying | terrorist | home-made | unexploded | stray Their truck was hit by a stray bomb. | dummy, fake a practice flight with dummy bombs | car | letter, parcel | time (figurative) He described global warming as ‘an environmental time bomb ticking away’. VERB + BOMB  place, plant, put Police suspect terrorists planted the bomb. | carry The plane had been adapted to carry bombs. | drop, release Enemy planes dropped bombs along the railway line. | defuse | detonate, explode, set off | build, construct, develop (These verbs are only used about countries.) India started to build a nuclear bomb. | make He used a clock to make a home-made bomb. BOMB + VERB  fall, rain (down) Eighty people died when bombs rained down on the city's crowded streets. | hit sth | detonate, explode, go off | blow sb/sth to pieces, blow sth up, destroy sth, kill sb, rip through sth Fifteen people were blown to pieces by the car bomb. A terrorist bomb ripped through the town's packed shopping centre. | be ticking away BOMB + NOUN  attack, blast, explosion | alert, scare, threat, warning | hoax | disposal, squad | shelter | crater The land was scarred with bomb craters. | damage | site | victim | suspect | test the fallout from atomic bomb tests
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                             verb ADV.  heavily The city had been very heavily bombed.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           noun explosive:   The bomb exploded with a bang. verb shell:   We will bomb the enemy. noun failure:   The speech was a bomb. verb fail:   You will bomb if you try that.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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                           bomb verbs  a bomb explodes/goes off  • Forty people were injured when the bomb exploded. • A 200 pound bomb went off in the car park.  set off a bomb  ( also detonate a bomb formal ) (= make a bomb explode ) • The area was cleared and the police safely detonated the bomb.  drop a bomb  (= from a plane ) • Government forces began dropping bombs on rebel positions.  a bomb falls on something  • A bomb fell on the cathedral during the war.  plant a bomb  (= put a bomb somewhere ) • It is thought that right-wing extremists planted the bomb.  ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bomb  a nuclear/hydrogen bomb  • The North Koreans were developing a nuclear bomb.  an atom/atomic bomb  • Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb.  a neutron bomb  (= that kills people but does not damage buildings much ) a car bomb  (= that makes a car explode ) • The car bomb killed 21 shoppers.  a letter bomb  ( also a parcel bomb British English ) (= sent in a letter or parcel ) • A second letter bomb was found among the unopened mail.  a time bomb  (= that is set to explode at a particular time ) • The terrorists’ time bomb was planned to cause the maximum carnage.  a petrol bomb  British English (= containing petrol ) • A petrol bomb was hurled at police as they chased the car.  a nail bomb  (= containing nails ) a cluster bomb  (= that sends out smaller bombs when it explodes ) a dirty bomb  (= that spreads radioactive material ) a smart bomb  (= that is guided to the right place ) a terrorist bomb  • The aircraft was blown apart by a terrorist bomb.  a suicide bomb  (= the person carrying the bomb dies when it explodes ) • Each time there is a suicide bomb it is a new blow to peace.  a homemade bomb  • Officers discovered several homemade bombs in the trunk of his car.  an unexploded bomb  • The workmen found an unexploded bomb.  bomb + NOUN  a bomb blast/explosion  • The restaurant was destroyed in a massive bomb blast.  a bomb attack  • No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attack.  a bomb threat  (= when someone leaves a message saying there is a bomb somewhere ) • He delayed his flight home because of a bomb threat.  a bomb scare  (= when people think there might be a bomb somewhere ) • The building was evacuated after a bomb scare.  bomb disposal  (= the job of dealing with bombs that have not exploded ) • a bomb disposal expert  bomb-making equipment  • Police found guns and bomb-making equipment in the house. 
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
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