bomb – English noun declension

English noun forms of bomb

Noun: bomb
Singularbomb
Pluralbombs

Sample Sentences

  • The size of the ground hole crater from the blast indicates it was a bomb. [2008, Sidney Gelb, Foreign Service Agent, page 629:]
  • During the Cold War, everyone worried about the bomb sometimes.
  • If Alberta’s reserves are a carbon bomb, this global expansion of tar sands and oil shale exploitation amounts to an escalating emissions arms race, the unlocking of a subterranean cache of weapons of mass ecological destruction. [2014 April 25, Martin Lukacs, “Canada becoming launch-pad of a global tar sands and oil shale frenzy”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 20, page 13:]
  • "The hard Brexiteers have built a bomb under the UK automotive industry and the EU have lit it," they said. [2018 June 6, “Brexit: EU advises businesses not to use British components because of Theresa May's plan to leave customs union”, in The Guardian:]
  • Mr. Gaetz’s loyalty to Mr. Trump, and willingness to toss proverbial bombs in Washington’s corridors of power, has shown no bounds, at least in public. [2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
  • And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air / Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there [1814, “The Star-Spangled Banner”, Francis Scott Key (lyrics), John Stafford Smith (music):]
  • Juſt by the Black Sea are two Caſtles, one in Europe and the other in Aſia […] Anciently a Chain or Bomb lay acroſs from Caſtle to Caſtle, to prevent the paſſing of Ships in troublesome times. [1702, Corneille le Bruyn, translated by W.J., A Voyage to the Levant, page 37:]
  • they make no doubt of being Maſters of the Iſland, but the Entrance to the Place intended to be next attack’d, being ſecur’d by a Chain or Bomb the breaking of which might greatly damage their Shipping, they deferr’d attempting it before more arriv’d [1745 July 20, “London”, in Old England or the Constitutional Journal, page 2:]
  • The mineworkers are setting their bombs.
  • The children are playing with water bombs in the garden.
  • Activists threw paint bombs at the famous artwork.
  • That turkey fryer is a bomb waiting to go off.
  • The gas leak tragically turned the house into a bomb.
  • He just dropped a bomb.
  • box-office bomb
  • Projection problems plagued Countess’ London premiere on January 5, 1967, Jerry Epstein recalled, and it was perhaps an omen, for reaction by critics afterward was swift and immediate: The film was a bomb. [1997, Eric L. Flom, Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies, page 277:]
  • The movie was a bomb and so was my next film, Balboa, in which I played a scheming real estate tycoon. [2010, Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock, American Prince: My Autobiography, unnumbered page:]
  • The movie was a bomb, but it put the band before an even larger audience. [2011, Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, page 11:]
  • Nowadays, an old bomb simply won’t pass the inspection. [2005 August 6, “Warm affection for a rust-bucket past”, in Sydney Morning Herald:]
  • We′ve got the money and it just feels ridiculous to let you drive around in that old bomb. [2010, Rebecca James, Beautiful Malice, page 19:]
  • After two weeks of driving it she knew the car was a bomb and she did not need anyone saying it to her. The only one allowed to pick on her car was her. Piece of crap car[…] [2011, Amarinda Jones, Seducing Celestine, page 49:]
  • make a bomb
  • cost a bomb
  • When Kiley presented Blackpool with the custom shotgun, he said, “This must′ve cost a bomb.” [2009, Matthew Vierling, The Blizzard, page 133:]
  • 'You′ve already spent a bomb!'
  • 'Not on it, Sal — under it. Presents!' As we eventually staggered up to bed, Sally said to me, 'I hope to God he's not been spending a bomb on presents, too.[…]' [2010, Liz Young, Fair Game, page 136:]
  • The kids cost a bomb to feed, they eat all the time. [2011, Michael R. Häack, Passport: A Novel of International Intrigue, page 47:]
  • 2011, Bibe, A Victim, page 38,
  • He had recently exchanged his old bike for a new, three speed racer, which cost a bomb and the weekly payment were becoming difficult, with the dangers of repossession.
  • Our fabulous new crumpets have been selling like a bomb.
  • It was an ordinary speech, until the president dropped a bomb: he would be retiring for medical reasons.
  • Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
  • With five seconds remaining, Smith received the inbounds pass and launched a bomb that dropped through the net to give his team an 80-79 victory. [2013, Brett L. Abrams, Raphael Mazzone, The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball, page 163:]
  • Give me two bucks, you take a puff and pass my bomb back / Suck up that dank like a Slurpee, the serious / Bomb will make a niggy go delirious like Eddie Murphy [1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:]
  • Bacon-wrapped sausage stuffed with cheese, onions, jalapenos, and more bacon is as artery-clogging as it is delicious! […] Remove bacon bomb from the smoker; let rest for 30 minutes before slicing. [2018, Rubyduck75 [username], “Smoked Bacon Bombs”, in All recipes, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2018:]
  • Amazing Pepperoni Pizza Bombs explode with flavor with every bite! They are loaded with pepperoni, cheese, and sauce to create a delicious POP of flavor in your mouth – hence the name! [2023 April 9, Amy Desrosiers, “Amazing Pepperoni Cheese Pizza Bombs That Explode With Flavor!”, in Sizzling Eats, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2026:]
  • These Air Fryer Breakfast Bombs are always a huge hit at our house! Light and flaky biscuit dough wrapped around your favorite breakfast items and baked until golden brown in the air fryer. [2024, “Air Fryer Breakfast Bombs”, in Make your meals, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024:]
  • A bomb for this study is defined as one in which the deepening rate is the geostrophic equivalent of at least 12 mb in 12 h at 45ºN. [1980 October, Frederick Sanders with John R. Gyakum, “Synoptic-dynamic climatology of the 'bomb'”, in Monthly Weather Review, volume 108, number 10, page 1596:]
  • The process consisted in preparing the metal by metallothermic reduction of titanium tetrachloride with sodium metal in a steel bomb. [2008, François Cardarelli, Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference, page 276:]
  • a Pillar of Iron […] Which if you had ſtrucke […] it would make a great Bombe in the Chamber beneath. [1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 151, page 47:]
  • Birdie was okay, and occasionally in passing Mort would give her a slap on the behind, or cop of feel of those bombs of hers. [1970 [1937], Meyer Levin, The Old Bunch, page 477:]
  • voices from the crowd: Hit her below the belt. (Laughter)
  • voices:Her bombs might explode! [1989, Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund, My Life as a Dog, screenplay, page 58:]
  • The fact that this girl had the greatest rack of any female athlete ever and got her bombs reduced is getting major play in the mainstream press [2014 December, V.N., “V-Mail”, in Voluptuous, page 20:]
  • In clear contravention of the International Code of Conduct for Swimming Baths, a teenager had entered the pool by performing a bomb. [2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 45:]

Etymology

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom. See: French Nouns 'bombe', Italian Nouns 'bomba', Latin Nouns 'bombus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'βόμβος'.

Verbs referencing "bomb"

Italian Nouns bomber, Zulu Nouns ibhomu.