Used in a Sentence

bomb

How to use bomb in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for bomb.

Editorial note

Our product aims to not be a ticking time bomb of technical debt.

Examples16
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bomb gathered in one view.

noun

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

noun

strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

noun

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bomb.

noun

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

noun

strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

noun

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"

verb

throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

verb

fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

Example sentences

1

Our product aims to not be a ticking time bomb of technical debt.

2

We do this with enterprise software, except we don't call it a "time bomb".

3

25 years ago we bombed the entire village.

4

Hypothetically, let's say a nuclear bomb blows up the data centers where your files are saved.

5

Honestly, AirBnB just seems like a massive liability time bomb waiting to go off.

6

I suspect they decrease it with smaller more targeted bombs vs prior more traditional larger bombs.

7

The emperor and the government had every reason to shift the blame on the bomb and away from everything else.

8

A bomb blast engineer to model the effects of various bomb attack scenarios on the cladding and structure.

9

They even managed to time things well: the weekend of my grandmother's funeral, after A had been told about it, they dropped their little bomb on me.

10

Turned out the government thought the bags might be used as a bomb making material and charged his boss with terrorism charges.

11

Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels were hiding and fifteen hundred people that I never met and that I never had no problem with get killed.

12

Yeah, maybe have chemical sensing devices with air intakes at floor level to screen for bombs on shoes, but let us all wear our shoes onto airplanes and throughout the insides of airports.

13

And, whether technically legal or not, no one wants to play a fool's game - once exposed as the stink bomb that it is, this particular PE ploy should hereafter die the death that it richly deserves.

14

I figure fuck it, while I'm at it why not just shoot my buddy, take his job, give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard?

15

I figure, fuck it, while I'm at it, why not just shoot my buddy, take his job and give it to his sworn enemy, hike up gas prices, bomb a village, club a baby seal, hit the hash pipe and join the National Guard?

16

In related news: scientists have discovered that an uncontrolled nuclear reaction over one hundred trillion times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb is releasing radiation of all known varieties, including lethal gamma radiation, and will result in the inevitable exposure of all of the earth's surface within the next twenty-four hours.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use bomb in a sentence?

Our product aims to not be a ticking time bomb of technical debt.

What does bomb mean?

an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

What part of speech is bomb?

bomb is commonly used as noun, verb.