Bomb
Bomb verb - To attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once.
Tear
Tear verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: she tore out of the room as soon as the phone started to ring
Bomb and tear are semantically related (British) in go like the clappers topic. Sometimes you can use "Bomb" instead a verb "Tear". slang substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good bomb | good tear |
| special | special bomb | special tear |
| normal | normal bomb | normal tear |
| single | single bomb | single tear |
| Other adjectives: small, real, massive, large, big, little, final, gigantic, last, giant, resulting, dimensional, biggest, largest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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After discovering that they dropped an eternal heart, four coins and a bomb, Tear quickly said that he in fact regretted nothing.
Source: Lets Play / Tear of Grace - Ryuko's best friend Mako is seen in the same scene, sleeping in class, unaffected by Gamagoori's rampage or even the tear gas bomb being dropped afterwards.
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Specifically, the tear-gas bomb disguised as a tin of talcum powder, and Rosa Klebb's shoe-dagger.
Source: Film / From Russia with Love
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