Bomb and Target

Bomb

Bomb verb - To attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once.

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

Nearby Words: bombard, bombed, bombing, bomber

Target verb - Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.

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Bomb and target are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bomb" instead a verb "Target".

Nearby Words: targeted, targe, targeting

good	good bomb	good target
regular	regular bomb	regular target
single	single bomb	single target
obvious	obvious bomb	obvious target
Other adjectives: small, actual, real, massive, large, big, huge, new, major, final, next, last, lit, giant, bigger, biggest.

people	bomb people	target people
field	bomb field	target field
place	bomb place	target place
way	bomb way	target way
Other words: city, times, civilians, enemies, missiles, cities, areas.

A gretchin (small orkoid subspecie, similar to goblins in the fantasy setting) will steer to bomb to it's target, increasing it's accuracy.

Source: Riding the Bomb
In particular, Kokura was the intended target for the second bomb (and had been the backup target for the first), but Nagasaki was attacked instead because of poor visibility over Kokura.

Source: Useful Notes / Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
And most explosive weapons are designed to explode immediately upon reaching the target, so it's okay if the target realizes it's a bomb; they won't have much of a chance to do anything about it.

Source: Incredibly Obvious Bomb

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