Bomb and Crater

Bomb

Bomb verb - To be unsuccessful.

Usage example: the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

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Crater and bomb are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Crater" instead a verb "Bomb".

Nearby Words: bombard, bombed, bombing, bomber

Crater verb - To be unsuccessful.

Usage example: a time when dot-coms were cratering left and right

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Bomb and crater are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bomb" instead a verb "Crater".

single	single bomb	single crater
small	small bomb	small crater
active	active bomb	active crater
actual	actual bomb	actual crater
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, enormous, huge, little, black, new, miniature, hidden, gigantic, nearby, giant, resulting, nuclear, largest.

As such, its usage is mostly reserved to comedy or other lighthearted media- but an expertly used drama bomb can leave a crater even when Characters Dropping Like Flies is the status quo.

Source: Drama Bomb
Your objective is to rescue her in the crater made by the mana bomb dropped by the Horde.

Source: Damsel out of Distress
In the final episode they're using a primitive metal detector and assume it'll be unreliable too, especially as it's detecting a bomb where there's no impact crater.

Source: Series / Danger: UXB

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