stink bomb
noun
: a small bomb charged usually with chemicals that gives off a foul odor on bursting
Examples of stink bomb in a Sentence
Someone set off a stink bomb at the school.
Recent Examples on the Web
In New York City, moviegoers threw lightbulbs and stink bombs.
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Some of the moments are minor — Shiv speaks almost gently to Roman about his fear of conflict — and others explode like stink bombs at a black-tie gala.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Auden is the brilliant trickster, the naughty boy with a stink bomb and a devastating verse about the Latin master.
—Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
Week 1 of the 2022 season was a stink bomb.
—Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022
The Monday news that the Clippers are acquiring the locker room stink bomb that is Russell Westbrook struck the sensibilities like a Westbrook jumper off the side of the backboard.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
Da Silva, who is commonly referred to as Lula, was seen also wearing a vest during an event in Rio de Janeiro, the same city where a homemade stink bomb was launched into a large crowd of his supporters back in July.
—Camilo Rocha, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
It’s like a little political-linguistic stink bomb.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022
Other locations were vandalized and one had to shut down for two days after a stink bomb went off, according to Swiss media reports.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2021
Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
Some of the moments are minor — Shiv speaks almost gently to Roman about his fear of conflict — and others explode like stink bombs at a black-tie gala.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Auden is the brilliant trickster, the naughty boy with a stink bomb and a devastating verse about the Latin master.
—Nick Laird, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
Week 1 of the 2022 season was a stink bomb.
—Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2022
The Monday news that the Clippers are acquiring the locker room stink bomb that is Russell Westbrook struck the sensibilities like a Westbrook jumper off the side of the backboard.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
Da Silva, who is commonly referred to as Lula, was seen also wearing a vest during an event in Rio de Janeiro, the same city where a homemade stink bomb was launched into a large crowd of his supporters back in July.
—Camilo Rocha, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
It’s like a little political-linguistic stink bomb.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022
Other locations were vandalized and one had to shut down for two days after a stink bomb went off, according to Swiss media reports.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2021
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