Bomb and Failure

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

Nearby Words: bombard, bombed, bombing, bomber

Failure

Failure noun - Something that has failed.

Usage example: the students' first attempt to build a homemade rocket was a disappointing failure

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Bomb is a synonym for failure in thing topic. You can use "Bomb" instead a noun "Failure", if it concerns topics such as flop, thrive, lack of success.

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

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special	special bomb	special failure
similar	similar bomb	similar failure
complete	complete bomb	complete failure
regular	regular bomb	regular failure
Other adjectives: total, critical, single, obvious, actual, real, massive, big, huge, final, last, occasional, resulting, biggest, box-office.

Both words in one sentence

While in the press the two terms have some crossover, a flop may be applied to all disappointing results, but a bomb is outright failure costing studios millions.

Source: Box Office Bomb
Of course, in this case, the feature that failed was a fail-deadly, the failure of which caused the bomb to fail-safe, which is to say the bomb didn't work.

Source: Failsafe Failure
However, the world-destroying cobalt superbomb feared in pop culture is a grossly exaggerated fantasy, and the only attempt at building a cobalt bomb ended in failure.

Source: Depopulation Bomb

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