Bomb
Bomb verb - To attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once.
Raid is a synonym for bomb in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Raid" instead a verb "Bomb", when it comes to topics like detonate weapon.
Raid
Raid verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Usage example: the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise
How words are described
| old | old bomb | old raid |
| special | special bomb | special raid |
| long | long bomb | long raid |
| complete | complete bomb | complete raid |
| Other adjectives: single, small, strong, actual, real, massive, large, huge, new, major, final, classic, gigantic, next, last, occasional, giant, nuclear. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In the Ciaphas Cain novel The Traitor's Hand, Cain foils an assassination attempt, only to discover a bomb built into the aircar used in the ram raid attack.
Source: No Time To Think -
Hilariously invoked and justified in Starship Troopers, where one of the Mobile Infantry's raid weapons is a talking bomb.
Source: Incredibly Obvious Bomb - The Confederates bomb the USA's atomic bomb research facility in Washington state with a one-way mission resembling Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, landing their bombers in Canada.
Source: Literature / Timeline-191
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