- bomb
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, huge, large, massive▪ small▪ cluster, fire (usually firebomb), high-explosive, incendiary, mortar, nail, petrol (BrE), smoke▪ atom, atomic, hydrogen, neutron, nuclear▪ bouncing (BrE), flying▪ terrorist▪ home-made▪ unexploded▪ stray (esp. BrE)▪
Their truck was hit by a stray bomb.
▪ dummy (esp. BrE), fake▪The suspect was apprehended for planting a fake bomb in a bus terminal.
▪a practice flight with dummy bombs
▪ car, roadside▪ letter, parcel (BrE)▪ dirty▪ smart (= one that is controlled by an electronic device)▪ suicide▪ time (figurative)▪He described global warming as ‘an environmental time bomb’.
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 on the airport.
▪ defuse, disarm▪ detonate, explode, set off▪ build, construct, develop, test (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.
▪ strap, strap on▪The bombs were strapped to their chests.
BOMB + VERB▪ fall, rain, 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 station.
▪ target sb/sth▪ be ticking awayBOMB + NOUN▪ attack, blast, explosion▪ alert (esp. BrE), scare, threat, warning (BrE)▪ plot▪ hoax (BrE)▪ disposal, squad▪ shelter▪ crater▪The land was scarred with bomb craters.
▪ damage▪ site▪ factory▪ victim▪ suspect▪ test▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}the fallout from atomic bomb tests
verbADVERB▪ heavily▪The city had been very heavily bombed.
▪ accidentally, mistakenlyBomb is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑aircraft
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
