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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explosives
bombs
Noun
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On April 28, American warplanes struck a migrant detention center in the northern Yemeni city of Sadah, then dropped more bombs on emergency workers who arrived in the aftermath.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025 -
The publication was part of an effort to identify the Unabomber, who had been sending deadly mail bombs for 17 years.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Explosives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explosives. Accessed 25 Sep. 2025.
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