Collocations for "bombing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bombing" in context.
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bomb
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- an [incendiary, atomic, A-] bomb
- drop a bomb on [Afghanistan, the factory]
- drop bombs on [Afghanistan]
- The bombs rained down (from) above.
- carrying a full payload of bombs
- need to disarm the bomb
- disarmed the bomb in time
- have [five minutes] to disarm the bomb
- the bomb will [explode, detonate, go off] in [five minutes]
- In [five minutes] the bomb will [explode].
- The bomb [killed, wounded] [hundreds].
- [Hundreds] were [killed] by the bomb.
- the [blast, explosion] of the bomb
- A bomb went off [inside, outside] the [school, police department].
- A bomb exploded in a crowded [market, station].
- Someone planted a bomb [inside] the [school].
- [neutralized, deactivated] the bomb
- a [homemade, suicide, nitrogen, hydrogen, nuclear] bomb
- put a bomb in her mailbox
- a [mail, letter] bomb
- dropped the "F" bomb (at work, at school, at home)
- dropped the news on me like a bomb
- is a ticking time bomb
- [shrapnel, nails, smoke] from the bomb
- slang: The [speech, presentation, negotiation] went like a bomb.
- slang: This [party, club] is the bomb!
- slang: You're the bomb!
- bomb a [building, city, target]
- bomb [the enemy, them] into submission
- was (heavily) bombed
- was bombed during the [war, attack]
- was bombed by the [enemy, attackers]
- bomb [them, the citizens, the civilians] out (of their homes)
- the [movie, film, show] bombed [with audiences, with critics]
- bombed the [test, audition, interview]
- a bomb blast
- hide in a bomb shelter
- call in a bomb threat
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