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Synonyms & Antonyms of bomb
(Entry 1 of 2)
- her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud
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- corker,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- dandy,
- jim-dandy,
- phenomenon
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- blockbuster,
- hit,
- smash,
- success,
- winner
- that stay at Claridge's cost a bomb, but it was worth it
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bomb
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of bomb (Entry 2 of 2)
- following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints
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- skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal
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- barrel,
- belt,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blow,
- bolt,
- bowl,
- breeze,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- cannonball,
- careen,
- career,
- chase,
- course,
- crack (on),
- dash,
- drive,
- fly,
- hare,
- hasten,
- hie,
- highball,
- hotfoot (it),
- hump,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jet,
- jump,
- motor,
- nip,
- pelt,
- race,
- ram,
- rip,
- rocket,
- run,
- rush,
- rustle,
- scoot,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shoot,
- speed,
- step,
- tear,
- travel,
- trot,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- zip,
- zoom
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- the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months
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- it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game
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- beat,
- best,
- conquer,
- dispatch,
- hurdle,
- lick,
- master,
- overbear,
- overcome,
- overmatch,
- prevail (over),
- subdue,
- surmount,
- take,
- throw,
- triumph (over),
- win (against),
- worst
- ace (out),
- better,
- eclipse,
- exceed,
- outdistance,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outshine,
- outstrip,
- overtop,
- surpass,
- top,
- transcend
- edge (out),
- nose out,
- pip
- [British]
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The first known use of bomb was in 1662
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