A ____ could be a play that flopped, or something used in warfare.

noun

1. An explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions
2. Atomic bomb
3. A pressure vessel for conducting chemical experiments
4. A container for an aerosol (such as an insecticide) spray can
5. A rounded mass of lava exploded from a volcano
6. A lead-lined container for radioactive material
7. Failure, flop

   "the play was a bomb"

8. A large sum of money
9. A great success hit
10. One that is striking or extraordinary
11. A long pass in football
12. A very long shot (as in basketball)

    "shooting 3-point bombs"

13. Something unexpected and unpleasant

verb

1. To attack with or as if with bombs} {sx

   "The planes successfully bombed their target."

2. To defeat decisively
3. To score many runs against (a pitcher)

   "Allen tried a new slider pitch without success and was bombed in Cincinnati."

4. To hit (a ball, puck, or shot) very hard

   "bomb a home run"

5. To fail (a test)

   "I bombed my history exam."

6. To fall flat to fail completely

   "The movie bombed at the box office."

7. To move rapidly

   "a car bombing down the hill"

noun

1. A powerful, rapidly intensifying storm associated with a sudden and significant drop in atmospheric pressure

   "Tens of thousands of utility workers were working over the weekend after the muscular storm—known as a "bomb cyclone" for its rapid pressure drop—battered neighborhoods from Virginia to Maine."

2. a powerful, rapidly intensifying storm associated with a sudden and significant drop in atmospheric pressure

noun

1. A situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode

noun

1. A place where a bomb has exploded

noun

1. A group of people who have the job of preventing bombs from causing damage or injury

noun

1. A message saying that a bomb is located in a particular place

   "Someone called in a bomb threat, so the building was evacuated."

noun

1. Atomic bomb

noun

1. A bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (such as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction
2. A nuclear weapon (such as a hydrogen bomb)

noun

1. An unguided jet-propelled missile used by the Germans against England in World War II