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bomb 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[T] to attack a place by leaving a bomb there, or by dropping bombs on it from a plane
::The town was heavily bombed in World War II.
::Government aircraft have been bombing civilian areas.
-see also carpet-bomb , dive-bomb
[I always + adverb/preposition] BrE informal to move or drive very quickly
::Suddenly a police car came bombing down the high street.
[I and T] AmE informal to fail a test very badly
::I bombed my midterm.
[I] AmE if a play, film, event etc bombs, it is not successful
::His latest play bombed on Broadway.
be bombed out phr v
if a building or the people in it are bombed out, the building is completely destroyed
::My family were bombed out in 1941.