Bomb and Dud

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Bomb

Bomb noun - Something that has failed.

Usage example: her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud

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Dud is a synonym for bomb in flop topic. In some cases you can use "Dud" instead a noun "Bomb", when it comes to topics like thrive. popular alternative

Nearby Words: bombard, bombed, bombing, bomber

Dud

Dud noun - Something that has failed.

Usage example: our first attempt was a complete dud, so we had to start over

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Bomb is a synonym for dud in thing topic. You can use "Bomb" instead a noun "Dud", if it concerns topics such as failure, flop, thrive. popular alternative

Nearby Word: dude

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complete	complete bomb	complete dud
total	total bomb	total dud
standard	standard bomb	standard dud
critical	critical bomb	critical dud
Other adjectives: real, giant, box-office.

Both words in one sentence

In Blade II, The Mole is playing with a bomb he thinks is a dud... only it's not a dud, and Blade reveals he was on to him from the start, and presses a second button on the detonator...

Source: Oh Crap / Film
In 1959, what was thought to be a dummy Grand Slam bomb, used as a gate marker at RAF Scampton airbase, turned out to be not a dud after all.

Source: Big Bulky Bomb
Charlie is visibly unnerved at realizing the implications for a potential dud of a plutonium bomb.

Source: Series / Manhattan

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