a bomb

Crosswords: a bomb

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Prodigy

Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt.

Do you know what kind of a bomb it was? (The Pink Panther Strikes Again; writing credit: Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman.)

You threatened that stewardess with a bomb! (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

Now why did you say it was a bomb. (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

When you hit that nuclear weapons plant drop a bomb for me! (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

I am a bomb technician, if you see me running, try to catch up! (The Sum of All Fears; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

That there's a bomb down there (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC)

We in that sunshine state with a bomb ass hemp beat (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

And make a bomb of love and blow it up (I Did It; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band)

Love me like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it on (Pour Some Sugar On Me; performing artist: Def Leppard)

Yeah, everybody's got a bomb ("1999"; performing artist: Prince)

Frida Kahlo: A Ribbon Around a Bomb (1992)

YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME� (performing artist: Gap Band� )

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Theater & Movies

• Frida Kahlo - A Ribbon Around A Bomb (reference)

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Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by U.S. Navy aircraft from Task Force 58, in the late afternoon of 20 June 1944. Anti-aircraft shell bursts are visible in the upper right. Photographed from a USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) plane. Heavy cruiser circling at right, nearest to the camera, is either Maya or Chokai. Beyond that, obscured by the flash from gunfire or a bomb, is the small aircraft carrier Chiyoda. Credit: NAVY.

Wires a Japanese medal to a bomb, for "return" to its originators in the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese Home Islands, April 1942. Photographed on board USS Hornet (CV-8), shortly before LtCol. Doolittle's B-25 bombers were launched to attack Japan. Credit: NAVY.

USS Raleigh (CL-7) is kept afloat by a barge lashed alongside, after she was damaged by a Japanese torpedo and a bomb, 7 December 1941. The barge has salvage pontoons YSP-14 and YSP-13 on board. The capsized hull of USS Utah (AG-16) is visible astern of Raleigh. Credit: NAVY.

One of the carrier's officers inscribes a bomb "For Gael!" in memory of a departed shipmate, prior to strikes on Japanese targets, circa May 1945. Credit: NAVY.

Scene on board USS Yorktown (CV-5), shortly after she was hit by three Japanese bombs on 4 June 1942. Dense smoke is from fires in her uptakes, caused by a bomb that punctured them and knocked out her boilers. Taken by Photographer 2rd Class William G. Roy from the starboard side of the flight deck, just in front of the forward 5"/38 gun gallery. Man with hammer at right is probably covering a bomb entry hole in the forward elevator. Note arresting gear cables and forward palisade elements on the flight deck; CXAM radar antenna, large national ensign and YE homing beacon antenna atop the foremast; 5"/38, .50 caliber and 1.1" guns manned and ready at left. This view forms a panorama with Photo # 80-G-312019. Credit: NAVY.

Halftone photograph copied from Medal of Honor, The Navy. Lt. Ricketts was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Coral Sea, 8 May 1942. He was in charge of a USS Yorktown (CV-5) damage control party that suffered many casualties from a bomb explosion. Despite mortal wounds, Lt. Rickets deployed a fire hose and successfully contained the resulting fire before he died. Credit: NAVY.

Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku attacked by USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes, during the morning of 8 May 1942. Flames from a bomb hit on her forecastle are visible, as are smoke and splashes from dive bombers' near misses off her starboard side. Photographed from a Torpedo Squadron Five TBD-1. What appear to be erratic torpedo tracks are visible in the lower left. Credit: NAVY.

A Royal Air Force ground staff at work on a Stirling bomber, which has a speed of 300 miles per hour and can carry a bomb load of eight tons. Credit: Library of Congress.

Three civilians were killed in this shrapnel-riddled car by a bomb dropped from a Jap plane eight miles from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Credit: Library of Congress.

Read the fine print on the Viet Nam war -- there's a bomb in it!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Several people were killed on March 7 when a bomb linked to Uyghur separatists exploded aboard a bus in one of Beijing's busiest shopping districts. (references)

Civil Liberties

Colombia

In August the ELN detonated a bomb targeting Caracol Radio's Medellin offices. (references)

Zimbabwe

In 2000 a bomb exploded in an art gallery directly below the offices of The Daily News. (references)

Colombia

On May 21, police bomb disposal experts defused a bomb packed into a pick-up truck outside of the offices of Voz. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

However, the British Government decision to hold elections for a negotiating body was seen as a step backwards, and in February 1996 the IRA officially ended its cease-fire with a bomb attack in London that killed two. (references)

Human Rights

Israel and the occupied territories

The mob attacked the victim after a bomb exploded in the area. (references)

Somalia

On April 2, a bomb went off in the outskirts of Baidoa; there were no reported injuries. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

A bomb exploded during the procession. (references)

Minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On March 12, a bomb destroyed a vehicle belonging to a Bosniak IDP who was visiting his brother in Prijedor. (references)

Bangladesh

On June 3, in Baniachar, Gopalganj district, a bomb exploded inside a Catholic church during Sunday mass, killing 10 persons and injuring 20 others. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The SDP party office in Vitez suffered extensive damage in a bomb explosion on May 1; police arrested a Croat man in the attack, which police believe was motivated by the HDZ's self-government drive. (references)

Travel

Sri Lanka

In June 2000, the Minister for Industrial Development, his wife and 21 others were killed and over 60 others were injured in a bomb attack. (references)

Uk

In recent years, a major suburban London bridge was damaged by a bomb, various explosions occurred in high-density London neighborhoods, and an explosive device discovered on a London subway line caused major public transport delays. (references)

Worker Rights

Colombia

In December 2000, the Prosecutor General's office arraigned three hired killers alleged to have killed CUT vice president Jorge Ortega in 1998. There is still no information in the 1999 bombings of both the Association of Rural Land Users in Sincelejo, Sucre Department, and the Medellin office of the USO, where a bomb was defused. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "a bomb": drop a bomb. Additional references.

Greek 

ατομική βόμβα (atomic bomb, bomb). (various references)

Hebrew 

פצצ�" �'רעי� ית (atomic bomb). (various references)

Hungarian

atombomba (atom bomb, atomic bomb, nuclear bomb). (various references)

Italian

bomba atòmica (atomic bomb). (various references)

Pig Latin

aay ombbay.(various references)

Romanian

bombã atomicã. (various references)

Russian 

атомная бомба (abomb, A-bomb, a-bomb 2, atom bomb, atomic bomb). (various references)

Scottish

boma. (various references)

Spanish

bomba atómica (atom bomb, atomic bomb). (various references)

Swedish

atombomb (A-bomb, atom bomb). (various references)

Turkish

atom bombası (atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, nuclear bomb, nuke). (various references)

Ukrainian

атомна бомба (weapon). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ambo, bomb.

-2 letters: abo, bam, boa, bob, moa, mob.

-3 letters: ab, am, ba, bo, ma, mo, om.

+1 letter: bamboo, bombax.

+2 letters: bambino, bamboos, bombard, bombast, bumboat, cabomba.

+3 letters: bambinos, bombards, bombasts, bombload, bumboats, cabombas, mailbomb, nabobism.

+4 letters: bamboozle, beachcomb, bombarded, bombardon, bombastic, bombazine, bombinate, bombloads, broomball, mailbombs, nabobisms.

+5 letters: abominable, abominably, bamboozled, bamboozles, beachcombs, bombardier, bombarding, bombardons, bombazines, bombinated, bombinates, broomballs, combinable, embossable, improbable, improbably, mailbombed.