Military . a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.

any similar missile or explosive device used as a weapon, to disperse crowds, etc.

a time bomb; a smoke bomb.

Also called volcanic bomb. Geology . a rough spherical or ellipsoidal mass of lava, ejected from a volcano and hardened while falling.

aerosol bomb.

Football . a long forward pass, esp. one to a teammate who scores a touchdown.

Slang .

an absolute failure; fiasco

The play was a bomb and closed after two performances.

Chiefly British . an overwhelming success

The novel is selling like a bomb.

Jazz . a sudden, unexpected accent or rhythmic figure played by a drummer during a performance.

a lead or lead-lined container for transporting and storing radioactive materials.

the bomb,

atomic bomb.

nuclear weapons collectively.

Computers . a spectacular program or system failure.

Slang . a powerful automobile or other vehicle.

to hurl bombs at or drop bombs upon, as from an airplane; bombard

The enemy planes bombed the city.

to explode by means of a bomb or explosive.

Computers . to deliberately cause (a computer system) to fail with a program written for the purpose.

to hurl or drop bombs.

to explode a bomb or bombs.

Slang . to be or make a complete failure, esp. to fail to please or gain an audience; flop (sometimes fol. by out )

His last play bombed on Broadway. The business bombed out with a

(of a computer program or system) to fail spectacularly.

Informal . to move very quickly

They came bombing through here on their motorcycles at 2 a.m.

verb

do well , succeed , win

noun

atom bomb , bombshell , charge , device , explosive , grenade , hydrogen bomb , mine , missile , molotov cocktail , nuclear bomb , projectile , rocket , shell , ticker , torpedo , bust , fiasco , loser , washout

verb

attack , blast , blitz , blow up , bombard , cannonade , destroy , napalm , prang , raid , rain destruction , rake , shell , strafe , torpedo , wipe out * , zero in * , blow it , flop , flummox , go out of business , lose , wash out * , choke , fall through , atom , blare , bust , device , dud , egg , failure , fiasco , grenade , hydrogen , nuclear , pass , projectile