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Bombed Bomb Bombing Exam I Verb Bre Bɒm

Word bomb
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / bɒm / NAmE / bɑːm /
Example
  • terrorists bombed several army barracks.
  • the city was heavily bombed in the war.
  • they were bombing down the road at about 80 miles an hour.
  • the exam was impossible! i definitely bombed it.
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bomb

(verb)BrE / bɒm / NAmE / bɑːm /
  1. to attack somebody/something by leaving a bomb in a place or by dropping bombs from a plane
    • Terrorists bombed several army barracks.
    • The city was heavily bombed in the war.
  2. to move very fast, especially in a vehicle, in a particular direction
    • They were bombing down the road at about 80 miles an hour.
  3. to fail a test or an exam very badly
    • The exam was impossible! I definitely bombed it.
  4. to fail very badly
    • His latest musical bombed and lost thousands of dollars.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they bomb
    • he / she / it bombs
    • past simple bombed
    • past participle bombed
    • -ing form bombing

    Word Origin

    • late 17th cent.: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.
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