bomb

v. drop and explode bombs; fail (Slang)

n. explosive device; (Slang used in Canada & USA) the bomb, extraordinarily good person, something that is good in an outstanding manner, excellent thing

A bomb is an explosive device that generates and releases its energy very rapidly. The explosion creates a violent, destructive shock wave. Bombs cause destruction and injury to objects and living things within the blast radius by the crushing action of the shockwave (pressure) and by mechanical impact of fragments, including shards of the bomb casing (often called "shrapnel") or objects from the surrounding area propelled by the blast. Also, bombs have been known to kill by the sound of the blast, by the sound waves causing pressure on the body in such a way that may wound and/or kill a human. Bombs have been used for centuries in both conventional and unconventional warfare. Most bombs do not contain more energy than ordinary fuel, except in the case of a nuclear weapon.
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(v. t.)
To bombard.
  

(v. i.)
To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  

(n.)
A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.
  

(n.)
A great noise; a hollow sound.
  

(n.)
A bomb ketch.
  

1. <software> General synonym for crash except that it is not used as a noun. Especially used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb".
2.  Atari ST and Macintosh equivalents of a Unix "panic" or Amiga guru, in which icons of little black-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that the system has died. On the Macintosh, this may be accompanied by a decimal (or occasionally hexadecimal) number indicating what went wrong, similar to the Amiga guru meditation number. MS-DOS computers tend to lock up in this situation.
3. <software> A piece of code embedded in a program that remains dormant until it is triggered. Logic bombs are triggered by an event whereas time bombs are triggered either after a set amount of time has elapsed, or when a specific date is reached.
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Noun
1. an explosive device fused to denote under specific conditions
(hypernym) explosive device
(hyponym) atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb
(derivation) bombard
2. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
(synonym) bomb calorimeter
(hypernym) calorimeter
3. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
(synonym) turkey, dud
(hypernym) flop, bust
(derivation) fail, flunk, flush it
Verb
1. throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
(synonym) bombard
(hypernym) attack, assail
(hyponym) carpet bomb
(derivation) bomber
2. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
(synonym) fail, flunk, flush it
(verb-group) fail
(derivation) turkey, dud