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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After months of persecution, the attacks culminated in April of this year after someone sent a bomb threat to a drag story hour event Lipsyncki was slated to perform.
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Quispe López, Them, 10 July 2024
The pair of messages were among a flurry of texts Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students sent to their parents last month during an hours-long lockdown for a reported bomb threat.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Listen to this article A Planet Fitness in Norwich was evacuated Saturday evening following a reported bomb threat, marking at least the third time in a week the gyms in the state have been targeted, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
But police showed up and ordered them to stop playing and shut down many of the events, often under the claim that a bomb threat had been called in.
—TIME, 27 June 2024
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Quispe López, Them, 10 July 2024
The pair of messages were among a flurry of texts Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students sent to their parents last month during an hours-long lockdown for a reported bomb threat.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Listen to this article A Planet Fitness in Norwich was evacuated Saturday evening following a reported bomb threat, marking at least the third time in a week the gyms in the state have been targeted, police said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
But police showed up and ordered them to stop playing and shut down many of the events, often under the claim that a bomb threat had been called in.
—TIME, 27 June 2024
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“Bomb threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20threat. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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