bomb threat

noun

: a message saying that a bomb is located in a particular place

Someone called in a bomb threat, so the building was evacuated.

Examples of bomb threat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Walmart at 7901 Watt Avenue has been evacuated due to a bomb threat. —

Laura Dickinson, Sacramento Bee, 3 June 2024 Shepherd said a call about a bomb threat came at 8:47 a.m. Friday and police cleared the threat at 10:45 a.m. —

Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024 Police searched Buell Hall, Putnam Hall and Wise Hall, and found no suspicious items or evidence of a bomb threat, as of 2:37 p.m. Officials also evacuated Best Hall, Downing Hall, DC1, Eateries, Phelps Hall and Walton Hall as a precaution. —

Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024 The incident came just four days after a bomb threat was made April 5 at Milwaukee French Immersion School, as well as Groppi High School and Hi-Mount Community School. —

Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024 Officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department have given an all clear at the Louisville Zoo from any threat after zoo officials received a call about a bomb threat. —

The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2024 Last March, police in Coralville, Iowa, investigated a bomb threat targeting a junior high school. —

David Ingram, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024 Police searched French Immersion School again Tuesday after an additional bomb threat to the school at at 5:42 a.m. —

Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024 The Eastern Michigan University campus is clear after police investigated a bomb threat Tuesday afternoon. —

Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024

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