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Bombed Bomb Bombing Exam I Verb Bre Bɒm
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bomb |
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BrE / bɒm / NAmE / bɑːm / |
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- 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 / - 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.
- to move very fast, especially in a vehicle, in a particular direction
- They were bombing down the road at about 80 miles an hour.
- to fail a test or an exam very badly
- The exam was impossible! I definitely bombed it.
- 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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