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982 lines
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{
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"Bombacaceae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely distributed family of tropical trees (order Malvales) with palmate leaves and large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Bombac-, Bombax bombax + -aceae -aceae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4mb\u0259\u02c8k\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-133800",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Bombarde":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, literally, bombard entry 1 (musical instrument)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)b\u014dm\u00a6b\u00e4rd",
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"(\u02c8)b\u00e4m-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-013417",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bomb":{
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"antonyms":[
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"barrage",
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"bombard"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a container for an aerosol (such as an insecticide) : spray can":[],
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": a great success : hit":[],
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": a large sum of money":[],
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": a lead-lined container for radioactive material":[],
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": a long pass in football":[],
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": a pressure vessel for conducting chemical experiments":[],
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": a rounded mass of lava exploded from a volcano":[],
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": a vessel for compressed gases: such as":[],
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": an explosive device fused to detonate under specified conditions":[],
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": failure , flop":[
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"the play was a bomb"
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],
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": one that is striking or extraordinary":[
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"\u2014 used with the their new album is the bomb"
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],
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": something unexpected and unpleasant":[
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"\u2014 often used with drop dropped a bomb with her resignation"
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],
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": to attack with or as if with bombs : bombard":[
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"The planes successfully bombed their target.",
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"a bombed village"
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],
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": to defeat decisively":[],
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": to fail (a test)":[
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"I bombed my history exam."
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],
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": to fall flat : to fail completely":[
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"The movie bombed at the box office.",
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"a joke that bombed"
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],
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": to hit (a ball, puck, or shot) very hard":[
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"bomb a home run",
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"bomb a long drive down the fairway"
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],
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": to move rapidly":[
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"a car bombing down the hill"
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],
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": to score many runs against (a pitcher)":[
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"Allen tried a new slider pitch without success and was bombed in Cincinnati.",
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"\u2014 Jack Lang"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"A bomb went off downtown.",
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"Many bombs were dropped on the city during the war.",
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"They hid a bomb in the building.",
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"countries that have the bomb",
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"Verb",
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"The city was heavily bombed during the war.",
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"The planes flew 200 miles to bomb their target.",
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"The movie bombed at the box office.",
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"The play bombed on Broadway.",
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"He bombed at his first performance.",
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"I completely bombed my math exam.",
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"A car was bombing down the highway.",
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"teenagers bombing around in a convertible",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Qurayshi detonated a bomb when U.S. forces arrived, killing himself and members of his family in the complex. \u2014 Gordon Lubold, WSJ , 16 June 2022",
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"The heavy machinery for blood processing, plasma freezers and centrifuges are transferred to a basement bomb shelter, a cumbersome operation that takes 10 to 12 hours. \u2014 New York Times , 1 June 2022",
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"On Saturday, people who managed to flee Lysychansk described intensified shelling, especially over the past week, that left them unable to leave basement bomb shelters. \u2014 The Christian Science Monitor , 28 May 2022",
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"In this episode, reporter Jordan Miller describes how authorities responded to, and safely detonated, a working pipe bomb in a Raising Cane\u2019s drive-thru located in South Salt Lake on Tuesday. \u2014 Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 May 2022",
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"Five years ago, as concertgoers were leaving an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, a suicide bomber detonated a shrapnel bomb \u2014killing 22 victims, the bomber himself, and injuring 1,017. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 10 May 2022",
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"North Korea last detonated a nuclear bomb in September 2017, a few months before freezing tests of atomic devices and intercontinental ballistic missiles that could deliver a warhead to the U.S. mainland. \u2014 Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"The building had a basement bomb shelter, and some survivors did emerge from the rubble after the attack. \u2014 Andrea Rosa, BostonGlobe.com , 26 Mar. 2022",
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"The building had a basement bomb shelter, and some survivors did emerge from the rubble after the attack. \u2014 Nebi Qena And Andrea Rosa, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Mar. 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"Reports of new guerrilla attacks come in daily \u2014 a trash can bomb exploded near the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Melitopol on Sunday, for example, injuring four, separatist officials said. \u2014 Peter Weber, The Week , 14 June 2022",
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"As Russian forces bomb civilian targets in Ukraine \u2014 including, horrifically, a maternity hospital in an attack that killed three this week and injured 17 others \u2014 the truth is too ugly. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"And there was an air battle over Taiwan, where American aircraft flying from the Philippines came in and engaged in combat with Chinese aircrafts that were trying to bomb Taiwan. \u2014 NBC News , 15 May 2022",
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"As the 20th century went on, racists would bomb Black churches, terrorize civil rights activists, lynch and otherwise murder countless Black people, and assassinate one of America\u2019s most influential Black leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. \u2014 Char Adams, NBC News , 18 May 2022",
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"The Allies betrayed her by declining to bomb the railway lines to Auschwitz. \u2014 Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books , 11 May 2022",
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"There are pilots in prison who had maps with civilian targets to bomb . \u2014 Catherine Garcia, The Week , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"That compelled him to ask the Ukrainian military to bomb the property. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"But Wells said that some humanitarian routes opened in Ukraine had to quickly be closed or not used at all because Russian forces allegedly continued to bomb the passages despite both sides agreeing to a ceasefire. \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 12 Apr. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
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"1688, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Spanish or Italian bomba or French bombe, all probably in part from an onomatopoeic base bomb- (as in Greek b\u00f3mbos \"booming, humming,\" Old Norse bumba \"drum,\" Lithuanian bamb\u0117ti \"to mutter, mumble,\" Albanian bumbullin \"it is thundering\"), in part back-formation from Medieval Latin bombardus or Middle French bombarde bombard entry 1":"Noun",
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"derivative of bomb entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bummer",
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"bust",
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"catastrophe",
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"clinker",
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"clunker",
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"debacle",
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"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
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"disaster",
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"dud",
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"failure",
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"fiasco",
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"fizzle",
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"flop",
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"frost",
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"lemon",
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"loser",
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"miss",
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"shipwreck",
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"turkey",
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"washout"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115828",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bomb release line":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the point on the ground ahead of the target over which an aircraft must release its bombs to get a hit on the target":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220400",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bomb run":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the portion of a bomber's attack during which the actual sighting for and release of bombs occurs and which is flown usually straight and level so that the bombardier's computations may be accurate":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-204708",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bomb scare":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-035955",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombachas":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": loose baggy trousers gathered tightly at the ankle and worn especially in Argentina and Uruguay for riding and outdoor work":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from American Spanish (Argentina) bombachas, bombachos , from Spanish bomba \"pump, bomb\" (hence something puffy or globular) + -acho, -acha , augmentative and pejorative suffix":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u0259m\u02c8b\u00e4ch\u0259z",
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"b\u014dm\u02c8-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-082438",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"bombacopsis":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of large trees (family Bombacaceae) with capsular fruits that burst when dry or release a soft brown wool surrounding the small brown seeds":[],
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": any tree of the genus Bombacopsis":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, from Bombac-, Bombax bombax + -opsis -opsis":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccb\u00e4mb\u0259\u02c8k\u00e4ps\u0259\u0307s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190020",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombaje palm":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": jipijapa":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Portuguese bombaje":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u014dm\u02c8b\u00e4zh\u0259-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190855",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombard":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones":[],
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": to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)":[],
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": to attack especially with artillery or bombers":[],
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": to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The navy bombarded the shore.",
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"Scientists bombarded the sample with X-rays.",
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"The car was bombarded by rocks as it drove away from the angry crowd.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"My best advice is to bombard them with joy and power and freedom and jubilation and celebration. \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
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"Next, multiple lasers bombard the strontium atoms with photons and magnetic fields that slow atom momentum to a near motionless state, lowering the atom\u2019s temperatures to about one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Russia continues to bombard the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"The war in Ukraine has wracked the country\u2019s southern coast as Russian forces fire cruise missiles at the city of Odesa and bombard a steel mill in the port of Mariupol housing Ukrainian civilians and fighters. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
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"Zelenskyy has previously warned that negotiations could crumble if Russia continues to aggressively bombard civilians trapped inside Mariupol. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The prisoners had to assemble the V2 rockets developed by Wernher von Braun, which were used to bombard London and Antwerp in 1944. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"This steady feedback is not to bombard employees, but to demystify the promotion process. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"As the Russian ground advance hit snags, its efforts to bombard Ukrainian cities appear to be intensifying. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bombard, bumbard, borrowed from Middle French bombarde, probably from an onomatopoeic base bomb- + -arde -ard \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
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"earlier, \"to fire a large cannon,\" borrowed from Middle French bombarder, verbal derivative of bombarde bombard entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u00e4rd",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccb\u00e4rd",
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"also b\u0259m-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bombard Verb attack , assail , assault , bombard , storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle. plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots. assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught. commandos assaulted the building from all sides bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells. bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position. preparing to storm the fortress",
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"synonyms":[
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"batter",
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"blitz",
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"blitzkrieg",
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"bomb",
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"cannonade",
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"shell"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055026",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bombardier":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a bomber-crew member who releases the bombs":[],
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": a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery":[],
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": artilleryman":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"For director John Milius, Johnson portrayed a bombardier in Flight of the Intruder (1991) as well as Henry Nash, one of men under the command of Teddy Roosevelt, in the 1997 TNT miniseries Rough Riders, starring Tom Berenger. \u2014 Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter , 2 June 2022",
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"McMackin was a 26-year-old bombardier on a B-24 Liberator that participated in Operation Tidal Wave on Aug. 1, 1943. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Dad played football as a freshman in the fall of 1942, served two years as a bombardier on a B-17, and then returned to play three more years of football, meet my mother and finally graduate in 1948. \u2014 Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online , 3 Jan. 2021",
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"Cindy\u2019s father Jim Hensley, a WWII bombardier , had introduced his daughter, barely out of grad school, to Capt. \u2014 Town & Country , 21 Oct. 2020",
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"As part of the 10-man crew, Granat, the bombardier , and Parker, the navigator, would lead 41 aircraft from the 491st Bombardment Group on a difficult re-supply mission over German-occupied Holland. \u2014 oregonlive , 24 May 2020",
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"The bombardier applied a tourniquet and shot him with morphine but the leg could not be saved; it was amputated the next day. \u2014 Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"Christopher Abbott also secured a nomination for his portrayal of a bombardier desperate to complete his missions in the waning days of the war. \u2014 Meredith Blake, chicagotribune.com , 8 Dec. 2019",
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"Shrapnel peppered his aircraft, fatally injuring the bombardier and nearly severing the navigator\u2019s leg. \u2014 Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post , 12 Nov. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Middle French, \"one in charge of a bombard,\" from bombarde bombard entry 1 + -ier -eer":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-b\u0259r-",
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"\u02ccb\u00e4m-b\u0259-\u02c8dir"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-171022",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombardier beetle":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": any of numerous carabid beetles of Brachinus or related genera that when disturbed discharge audibly a pungent and corrosive vapor from the anal glands":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-083021",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombardment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones":[],
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": to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)":[],
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": to attack especially with artillery or bombers":[],
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": to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons)":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Verb",
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"The navy bombarded the shore.",
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"Scientists bombarded the sample with X-rays.",
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"The car was bombarded by rocks as it drove away from the angry crowd.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"My best advice is to bombard them with joy and power and freedom and jubilation and celebration. \u2014 The Hollywood Reporter , 13 June 2022",
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"Next, multiple lasers bombard the strontium atoms with photons and magnetic fields that slow atom momentum to a near motionless state, lowering the atom\u2019s temperatures to about one-millionth of a degree above absolute zero. \u2014 Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes , 2 June 2022",
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"Russia continues to bombard the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. \u2014 Katya Soldak, Forbes , 14 May 2022",
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"The war in Ukraine has wracked the country\u2019s southern coast as Russian forces fire cruise missiles at the city of Odesa and bombard a steel mill in the port of Mariupol housing Ukrainian civilians and fighters. \u2014 Elena Becatoros And Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune , 7 May 2022",
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"Zelenskyy has previously warned that negotiations could crumble if Russia continues to aggressively bombard civilians trapped inside Mariupol. \u2014 Caitlin Mcfall, Fox News , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"The prisoners had to assemble the V2 rockets developed by Wernher von Braun, which were used to bombard London and Antwerp in 1944. \u2014 Jens Christian-wagner, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"This steady feedback is not to bombard employees, but to demystify the promotion process. \u2014 Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"As the Russian ground advance hit snags, its efforts to bombard Ukrainian cities appear to be intensifying. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1686, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English bombard, bumbard, borrowed from Middle French bombarde, probably from an onomatopoeic base bomb- + -arde -ard \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
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"earlier, \"to fire a large cannon,\" borrowed from Middle French bombarder, verbal derivative of bombarde bombard entry 1":"Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u00e4rd",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccb\u00e4rd",
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"also b\u0259m-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for bombard Verb attack , assail , assault , bombard , storm mean to make an onslaught upon. attack implies taking the initiative in a struggle. plan to attack the town at dawn assail implies attempting to break down resistance by repeated blows or shots. assailed the enemy with artillery fire assault suggests a direct attempt to overpower by suddenness and violence of onslaught. commandos assaulted the building from all sides bombard applies to attacking with bombs or shells. bombarded the city nightly storm implies attempting to break into a defended position. preparing to storm the fortress",
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"synonyms":[
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"batter",
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"blitz",
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"blitzkrieg",
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"bomb",
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"cannonade",
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"shell"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234625",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bombardo":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": bombardon sense 1":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Italian, alteration of bombarda bombarde":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"b\u014dm\u02c8b\u00e4r(\u02cc)d\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105456",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bombast":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": pretentious inflated speech or writing":[
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"political bombast"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast",
|
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"you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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|
"Predictably, Junius criticizes him, insulted that his son has rejected his histrionic bombast for a more contemplative, naturalistic approach. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"It\u2019s not something that would translate into bombast or showiness or displays of virtuosity. \u2014 Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
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"The opera has sounded scarier and more chaotic \u2014 its blood bath met with bombast in many interpretations \u2014 but Runnicles insisted on the possibility of dramatic momentum at a more restrained scale. \u2014 New York Times , 3 Apr. 2022",
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"At times, the album flirts with bombast , walking right up to the edge and sometimes teetering over, which is how rock and pop records often achieve real grandeur. \u2014 Kevin Dettmar, The New Yorker , 20 May 2022",
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"The apparent restraint on the ground stands in contrast to the bombast on Russian state television, where Moscow is described as being locked in an existential fight against the West and where the use of nuclear weapons is openly discussed. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
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"Cunningham turned away from the stately, official bombast of the nationally important commemorative site and \u2014 pictorially, at least \u2014 got her feet wet instead. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"This is important, because a love of metal gives you a sophisticated relationship with bombast . \u2014 James Parker, The Atlantic , 5 May 2022",
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"The bombast is a response, a defense, a pose, a stance. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1583, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier, \"cotton or other material used as padding or stuffing,\" extension (with parasitic t ) of bombace, bombage, going back to Middle English bombace, borrowed from Anglo-French bomb\u00e9s, bombace, borrowed from Medieval Latin bambac-, bambax, bombax (also banbax, bonbax ) \"cotton plant, cotton fiber or wadding,\" borrowed from Middle Greek b\u00e1mbax, p\u00e1mbax, going back to a Greek stem pambak- (as in pambak\u00eds \"item of clothing, probably of cotton\"), probably borrowed from Middle Persian pambak \"cotton\" (or from an unknown source from which both words were borrowed)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccbast"
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],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bluster",
|
|
"brag",
|
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"braggadocio",
|
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"bull",
|
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"cockalorum",
|
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"fanfaronade",
|
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"gas",
|
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"gasconade",
|
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"grandiloquence",
|
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"hot air",
|
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"magniloquence",
|
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"rant",
|
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"rodomontade",
|
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"rhodomontade"
|
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],
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181709",
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"bombastic":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"unrhetorical"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous , overblown":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Almost no chef contributed to the show\u2019s depiction more than cookbook author, restaurateur and bombastic host, Matty Matheson, who served as a co-producer in addition to appearing on screen. \u2014 Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Truly hilarious insanity, heart wrenching tragedy, and bombastic action! \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"In a short but wide-ranging interview, Ryan argued that his approach offers a stark contrast to Republicans\u2019 focus in their primary on copying Donald Trump\u2019s bombastic style. \u2014 Daniel Strauss, The New Republic , 29 Apr. 2022",
|
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"Trump appeared to confuse Vance with Mandel, who led limited polling in the race for months and has modeled his bombastic rhetoric off the former president. \u2014 Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer , 2 May 2022",
|
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"While the unveiling likely won't be as bombastic as the huge fall events last year, there's a real possibility that more (and more exciting) products will be introduced next week than at some prior spring events. \u2014 Samuel Axon, Ars Technica , 4 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"On Sunday and Monday, he will be joined on the campaign trail by two other figures firmly in the former president\u2019s camp, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri and Charlie Kirk, the bombastic leader of the far-right Turning Point USA. \u2014 New York Times , 30 Apr. 2022",
|
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"But the potential use of burner phones to help orchestrate a coup certainly outpaces even Trump\u2019s most bombastic claims about that server. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"True to form for the eccentric and bombastic Musk, the headlines didn\u2019t end there. \u2014 NBC News , 11 Apr. 2022"
|
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],
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1660, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"bombast + -ic entry 1":""
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"b\u00e4m-\u02c8ba-stik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"flatulent",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"orotund",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-091712",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombax":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a large genus of trees (family Bombacaceae) chiefly of South America, a few of India, and one of Africa having digitate leaves and showy white or scarlet flowers \u2014 compare ceiba":[],
|
|
": any tree of the genus Bombax":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"borrowed from New Latin (Linnaeus), going back to Medieval Latin bambax, bombax \"cotton plant, cotton fiber\"":""
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4m\u02ccbaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192650",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": affected by alcohol or drugs : drunk , high":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my handwriting gets much worse when I'm bombed",
|
|
"the pop star was clearly bombed out of her skull during the interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1956, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4md"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-031443",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombed-out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": destroyed by bombing":[
|
|
"a bombed-out factory"
|
|
],
|
|
": extremely dilapidated or run-down":[
|
|
"a bombed-out inner-city neighborhood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1972, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4md-\u02ccau\u0307t",
|
|
"-\u02c8au\u0307t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"dog-eared",
|
|
"down-at-the-heels",
|
|
"down-at-heel",
|
|
"down-at-the-heel",
|
|
"down-at-heels",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mangy",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tatterdemalion",
|
|
"tatty",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tumbledown"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104736",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombproof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": extremely sturdy or durable":[
|
|
"a bombproof parka",
|
|
"a bombproof horse"
|
|
],
|
|
": safe from the force of bombs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer's bombproof powerboats can take a lot of punishment",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"The bombproof design comes at a cost but will last for decades. \u2014 Jakob Schiller, Outside Online , 1 Apr. 2020",
|
|
"An outdoor shed that costs less than $150 and a bombproof bike locker",
|
|
"The bunker in Ivano-Frankivsk is not bombproof either. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"The four-layer PVC material used in the bags is absolutely bombproof \u2014I\u2019ve never had any durability issues. \u2014 Joe Jackson, Outside Online , 3 July 2014",
|
|
"And when bad weather rolled in, the Kingdom was practically bombproof . \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 23 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"In addition to their insulating properties and reusability, most stainless steel containers are bombproof . \u2014 The Editors, Field & Stream , 18 July 2019",
|
|
"The Eldorado marries the steep side walls of an A-frame that shed snow with the strength of a dome, and the result is a near- bombproof tent. \u2014 Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics , 3 Dec. 2020",
|
|
"Prewar buildings can be nearly bombproof , but their cast-iron sewers are full of corrosion, their brass plumbing brittle and cracked. \u2014 Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker , 23 Nov. 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1702, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccpr\u00fcf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190720",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombshell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a person who is the cause and object of sensational and usually widespread attention, excitement, or attraction":[
|
|
"a blonde bombshell [=a glamorously attractive blonde woman]"
|
|
],
|
|
": bomb sense 1a":[],
|
|
": one that is stunning, amazing, or devastating":[
|
|
"The book was a political bombshell ."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovering that I had a long-lost sister was an absolute bombshell",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Over the past few months, Anne Hathaway has returned to the spotlight with a series of high-profile roles (and some seriously impressive bombshell style along the way). \u2014 Vogue , 23 June 2022",
|
|
"Netflix released the first teaser on June 16, giving us the first official look of de Armas as the iconic Hollywood bombshell . \u2014 Erica Gonzales, ELLE , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"Though investors and economists were ultimately expecting such an increase, that didn't make the hike \u2014 the central bank's largest since 1994 \u2014 any less of a bombshell . \u2014 Brigid Kennedy, The Week , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"But when the two did come together for their bombshell mother-daughter photoshoot, the influencer remembers her mom's vivacious personality on-set. \u2014 Michelle Lee, PEOPLE.com , 17 June 2022",
|
|
"And the Daily Beast reports on yet another bombshell on Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate. \u2014 Mark Murray, NBC News , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"See more reactions to the latest Bey bombshell below. \u2014 Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
|
|
"For decades, countless Angelenos wondered about the identity of the mysterious blonde bombshell who appeared on hundreds of billboards across town beginning in the mid \u201980s, most bearing little but her pseudonym: Angelyne. \u2014 Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter , 14 June 2022",
|
|
"After the Hallie telenovela-worthy bombshell , Buhle says that Hunter can no longer hurt her, that the worst is behind her. \u2014 Karen Heller, Washington Post , 14 June 2022"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1708, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccshel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jaw-dropper",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize"
|
|
],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-210737",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombsight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a sighting device for aiming bombs":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Kermit Beahan, used a Norden bombsight to target the factory. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 29 July 2018",
|
|
"Wartime news reports claimed the highly complex Norden bombsight could hit a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet above. \u2014 Andy Kessler, WSJ , 29 July 2018"
|
|
],
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8b\u00e4m-\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-141257",
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bomb threat":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a message saying that a bomb is located in a particular place":[
|
|
"Someone called in a bomb threat , so the building was evacuated."
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011722"
|
|
},
|
|
"bomb squad":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group of people who have the job of preventing bombs from causing damage or injury":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-031444"
|
|
},
|
|
"bomb site":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a place where a bomb has exploded":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-081651"
|
|
},
|
|
"bomb\u00e9":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a frozen dessert usually containing ice cream and formed in layers in a mold":[],
|
|
": having outward curving lines":[
|
|
"\u2014 usually used of furniture"
|
|
]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u0101",
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"(\u02cc)b\u014d\u207f-",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m",
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"\u02c8b\u014d\u207f(m)b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Also known for its artful desserts, Madam will conclude dinner with a Meyer lemon bombe served with blueberry glaze and burnt honey ice cream. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
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"The desserts had eccentric names: bombe , curd, fool, langues de chats. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
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"Pisticci, a trattoria in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, drowns a tartufo \u2014 a bombe made with vanilla and chocolate ice creams with a Maraschino cherry in the middle, all encased in a hard chocolate shell \u2014 in espresso. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The perfect everyday crossbody Normally $248, the Perry leather bombe mini bag is now on sale for $186 in the colors Royal Navy, New Cream, Cloud Blue, Pink Moon and Devon Sand, falling $62 thanks to this promotion. \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
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"The first British bombe machines were operating in Bletchley Park by 1940, helping to shorten the codebreaking process by discovering some of the daily settings on the Enigma machines that were used to encrypt Axis military traffic. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
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"Place the bombe , cake side down, on a large rimmed baking sheet. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2020",
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"Many retailers are out of stock or back-ordered on the flexible trays that have been marketed to take advantage of the cocoa madness, beyond their original intent for candies, mousses and small bombe cakes. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2020",
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"British chef Heston Blumenthal\u2019s hot toddy bombe , sold in pretty boxes at Waitrose grocery stores in the UK, inspires the spice cake. \u2014 Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com , 18 Dec. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"bomb\" \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
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"French, from bombe":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-175157"
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},
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"bombe":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a frozen dessert usually containing ice cream and formed in layers in a mold":[],
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": having outward curving lines":[
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"\u2014 usually used of furniture"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)b\u00e4m-\u02c8b\u0101",
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"(\u02cc)b\u014d\u207f-",
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"\u02c8b\u00e4m",
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"\u02c8b\u014d\u207f(m)b"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Also known for its artful desserts, Madam will conclude dinner with a Meyer lemon bombe served with blueberry glaze and burnt honey ice cream. \u2014 Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press , 24 Apr. 2022",
|
|
"The desserts had eccentric names: bombe , curd, fool, langues de chats. \u2014 Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times , 19 Aug. 2021",
|
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"Pisticci, a trattoria in Morningside Heights in Manhattan, drowns a tartufo \u2014 a bombe made with vanilla and chocolate ice creams with a Maraschino cherry in the middle, all encased in a hard chocolate shell \u2014 in espresso. \u2014 New York Times , 11 Aug. 2021",
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"The perfect everyday crossbody Normally $248, the Perry leather bombe mini bag is now on sale for $186 in the colors Royal Navy, New Cream, Cloud Blue, Pink Moon and Devon Sand, falling $62 thanks to this promotion. \u2014 Melissa Lee, USA TODAY , 24 Mar. 2021",
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"The first British bombe machines were operating in Bletchley Park by 1940, helping to shorten the codebreaking process by discovering some of the daily settings on the Enigma machines that were used to encrypt Axis military traffic. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 14 Mar. 2021",
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"Place the bombe , cake side down, on a large rimmed baking sheet. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Dec. 2020",
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"Many retailers are out of stock or back-ordered on the flexible trays that have been marketed to take advantage of the cocoa madness, beyond their original intent for candies, mousses and small bombe cakes. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Dec. 2020",
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"British chef Heston Blumenthal\u2019s hot toddy bombe , sold in pretty boxes at Waitrose grocery stores in the UK, inspires the spice cake. \u2014 Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com , 18 Dec. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French, literally, \"bomb\" \u2014 more at bomb entry 1":"Noun",
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"French, from bombe":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1878, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1874, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-184123"
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},
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"bomb up":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to load (an aircraft) with bombs":[
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"can be bombed up more or less like loading a clip of cartridges",
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"\u2014 Science News Letter"
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],
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": to take on a load of bombs":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-191430"
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},
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"Bombus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of bees comprising the typical bumblebees \u2014 compare bombyliidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8b\u00e4mb\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin, \"booming, buzzing, humming,\" borrowed from Greek b\u00f3mbos":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000031"
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}
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} |