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Bomb : BombingA bomb is an explosive device, usually some kind of container, filled with explosive material, designed to cause destruction when set off. The explosion of the bomb has to be triggered, usually by a clock, a remote control, or some kind of sensor, usually pressure (altitude), radar, or contact. Bombs are often used in warfare, and by terrorists. The most powerful bomb in existence is the hydrogen bomb, the most powerful non-nuclear bomb is the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst).
See also http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/bombs.htm
Much less destructive is a water bomb, a popular children's toy used both for cooling down during hot weather, and for pulling practical jokes.
The term bomb is often used as slang:
I shall make no profession of zeal for the interests and
be one State in the Union, Mr. President (and I say it not in a
uniform, zealous, ardent, and uncalculating devotion to the Union, that
Revolution up to this hour there is no sacrifice, however great, she
She has adhered to you in your prosperity; but in your adversity she
the condition of her domestic affairs, though deprived of her
call of the country has been to her as the voice of God. Domestic
brethren.html">brethren, and the sons of Carolina were all seen crowding together to
honor New England for her conduct in that glorious struggle. But great
due to the South. They espoused the quarrel of their brethren with a
interest.html">interest in the dispute. Favorites of the mother country, possessed of
have found in their situation a guaranty that their trade would be
considerations either of interest or of safety, they rushed into the
of freedom. Never were there exhibited in the history of the world
endurance than by the Whigs of Carolina during the Revolution. The
overwhelming force of the enemy. The fruits of industry perished on the
of Carolina" drank up the most precious blood of her citizens. Black
her children. Driven from their homes into the gloomy and almost
South Carolina (sustained by the example of her Sumters and her
the spirit of her people was invincible.
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