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verb

past tense of bomb
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as in flooded
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bombed
Verb
Its conservative stances resulted in its office being bombed by left-wing labor activists in 1910, killing 21 and wounding over 100 in one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history. Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024 An entire Arab nation bombed into ruins. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024 In early October 2024, weeks before Assad’s fall, Israel bombed an ammunition warehouse in Jableh near Hmeimim, seemingly with little regard for how Russia might respond. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 Shortly after Assad’s ouster, Israel moved in and relentlessly bombed the remaining stockpiles of the Syrian military, including in Latakia and Tartus, with complete impunity. Paul Iddon, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 But the show itself wasn’t around for a good time or even a particularly long time, getting axed after pilot reshoots and a shaky single season that bombed with critics. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024 The area had been placed under siege during the early days of the war and bombed to smithereens. Justin Salhani, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024 The apartment across the street was bombed. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024 Israel has bombed and destroyed Syrian military facilities across the country and seized additional territory along the Golan Heights. Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombed
Adjective
  • And maybe a little drunk and sick from all that oily food and crappy wine.
    Helen Schulman, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
  • Yet the car will likely obey speed limits, never get drowsy or drunk and never rubberneck or give in to road rage.
    Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • The end of the footage shows a man in a ripped shirt trying to leave before being punched in the face by a woman.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Hal and Whitney would sit around the living room on the ripped couch and talk about sailing the world.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Analytics and technology have flooded the sport.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The president and his blindly loyal aides claim the tariffs, which reached an idiotic 104% in duties on all goods from China overnight, are working because the White House is being flooded with calls from foreign governments.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Other homes seemed to be abandoned—partially collapsed and overgrown with weeds.
    Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Ottoman-era homes in the city's old quarter collapsed.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • His family later held a private funeral, and he was buried on June 8, 2018, at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery in Stockholm.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Where will Jimmy Carter be buried?
    Madeleine Janz, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Canada attacked more fervently afterwards .
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • As the graph below shows, Bournemouth have primarily attacked down their left flank this season, with the axis between Dean Huijsen at left centre-back, wing-back Kerkez and winger Antoine Semenyo proving crucial.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But unfortunately, indulging too much in fried foods will trigger your cortisol.
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 25 June 2025
  • Those two disparate memories become a bowl of Venetian-style risotto with a small mound of rock crab meat sourced from that same crabbing boat and a fried egg espuma in the middle.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • The bar will sell all the typical bar drinks — lemon drops, Long Islands and margaritas — plus a full food menu centered on loaded potatoes.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
  • Burns spent well under 100 innings in pro baseball before he was called up to go head-to-head with Aaron Judge and the loaded New York Yankees.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025

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