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.
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Within weeks of a new police chief taking the reins at the University of Colorado Boulder this fall, the campus was a victim to one of the various swatting incidents that targeted college campuses across the country, and a false bomb threat followed a few weeks later.
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Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Zay's rental car business was the target of a bomb threat.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
Slotkin said she was inundated with threats — including a bomb threat at her house — and that her family has faced harassment.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
In September, a woman was arrested after allegedly making a fake bomb threat on board a Frontier Airlines flight from Nashville to Denver.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
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Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Zay's rental car business was the target of a bomb threat.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 Dec. 2025
Slotkin said she was inundated with threats — including a bomb threat at her house — and that her family has faced harassment.
—Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
In September, a woman was arrested after allegedly making a fake bomb threat on board a Frontier Airlines flight from Nashville to Denver.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bomb threat
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“Bomb threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20threat. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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