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Bomb
BOMB, [L. bombus.] A great noise.
1. A large shell of cast iron, round and hollow, with a vent to receive a fusee, which is made of wood. This being filled with gunpowder and the fusee driven into the vent, the fusee is set on fire and the bomb is thrown from a mortar, in such a direction as to fall into a fort, city or enemy's camp, when it bursts with great violence and often with terrible effect. The inventor of bombs is not known; they came into common use about the year 1634.
2. The stroke upon a bell.
BOMB, v.t. To attack with bombs; to bombard. [Not used.]
BOMB, v.i. To sound.
bomb appears in definitions for these words:
Ammunition Applause Artillery Balloon Bomb Bombard Bombarded Bombarding Bombardment Bombastic Bombastry Bombiat Bombic Bombilation Bombycinous Bumbard Bump Burbast Caissoon Carcass Chamber Cotton Fusee Fustian Fustianist Haircloth Hobit Humblebee Ketch Lodge Missile Mortar Park Pomp Puffy Pump Range Saucisse Shatter Shell Silk Style Sweinmote Teratology Throw Tumid Tumor Tumorous Turgescence Turgid Turgidness
Ammunition Applause Artillery Balloon Bomb Bombard Bombarded Bombarding Bombardment Bombastic Bombastry Bombiat Bombic Bombilation Bombycinous Bumbard Bump Burbast Caissoon Carcass Chamber Cotton Fusee Fustian Fustianist Haircloth Hobit Humblebee Ketch Lodge Missile Mortar Park Pomp Puffy Pump Range Saucisse Shatter Shell Silk Style Sweinmote Teratology Throw Tumid Tumor Tumorous Turgescence Turgid Turgidness
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