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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
Tama Janowitz

Meaning of "the bomb" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE BOMB

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WHAT DOES THE BOMB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Bomb

The Bomb may refer to: ▪ A nuclear weapon, from "the atomic bomb" ▪ The Bomb, a 1908 novel by Frank Harris about the Haymarket Riot ▪ The Bomb, a Chicago punk band featuring Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun ▪ The Bomb, a 1995 young adult novel by Theodore Taylor ▪ The Bomb! , a 1995 song by The Bucketheads ▪ The Bomb, the 2007 New Young Pony Club single ▪ The Bomb a leftist history written by Howard Zinn ▪ "The Bomb", fourth episode of the 1966 Doctor Who serial The Ark ▪ "The Bomb", a radio documentary broadcast by the BBC and written by D. G. Bridson, on the consequences of a nuclear bombing of Britain...

Definition of the bomb in the English dictionary

The definition of the bomb in the dictionary is a hydrogen or atomic bomb considered as the ultimate destructive weapon. Other definition of the bomb is something excellent.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE BOMB

the blood
the Bloodless Revolution
the blues
the boards
the boat race
the Boche
the body politic
the bollocks
the book
the boondocks
the boot
the boot is on the other foot
the Border
the Bosporus
the bottle
the bounce
the bourgeoisie
the Bowery
the box
the boy

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE BOMB

atom bomb
atomic bomb
bath bomb
bomb
car bomb
cherry bomb
cluster bomb
dirty bomb
flying bomb
hydrogen bomb
like a bomb
logic bomb
neutron bomb
nuclear bomb
petrol bomb
pipe bomb
smart bomb
smoke bomb
stink bomb
time bomb
water bomb

Synonyms and antonyms of the bomb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the bomb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE BOMB

Find out the translation of the bomb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the bomb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the bomb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

炸弹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la bomba
570 millions of speakers

English

the bomb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القنبلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бомба
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a bomba
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la bombe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bom itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Bombe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

爆弾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폭탄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bom
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bom
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॉम्ब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bomba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la bomba
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bomba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бомба
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bomba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η βόμβα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die bom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bomben
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bomben
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the bomb

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BOMB»

The term «the bomb» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the bomb
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «the bomb».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE BOMB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the bomb» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the bomb» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the bomb

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE BOMB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the bomb.
1
Sidney Altman
The mystique associated with the bomb, the role that scientists played in it, and its general importance could not fail to impress even a six-year old.
2
Simon Le Bon
We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops.
3
William F. Buckley, Jr.
It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!
4
Wilfred Burchett
Hundreds and hundreds of the dead were so badly burned in the terrific heat generated by the bomb that it was not even possible to tell whether they were men or women, old or young.
5
Yaya DaCosta
Happiness is the bomb cosmetic! When I'm smiling, sometimes I'm giving thanks for all the things I have rather than worrying about the things I don't.
6
Arlo Guthrie
At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement was happening, the environmental movement was happening. There was suddenly a generation ready to change the course of history.
7
John Hersey
What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.
8
John Hersey
The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays.
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Tama Janowitz
Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
10
Patrick McGoohan
But what is the greatest evil? If you are going to epitomize evil, what is it? Is it the bomb? The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE BOMB»

Discover the use of the bomb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the bomb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Bomb
But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe to return. He must find a way to stop the first bomb before it is dropped . . . even if it means risking his own destruction.
Theodore Taylor, 2007
2
Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most ...
This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb. Bomb is a 2012 National Book Awards finalist for Young People’s Literature.
Steve Sheinkin, 2012
3
Israel and the Bomb
He weaves together the story of the formative years of Israel's nuclear program, from the founding of the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission in 1952, to the alliance with France that gave Israel the sophisticated technology it needed, to the ...
Avner Cohen, 2013
4
Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes gives the definitive story of man’s most awesome discovery and invention.
Richard Rhodes, 2012
5
Dark Sun: The Making Of The Hydrogen Bomb
Based on secret files in the United States and the former Soviet Union, this monumental work of history discloses how and why the United States decided to create the bomb that would dominate world politics for more than forty years.
Richard Rhodes, 2012
6
The Bomb: A Life
In this magisterial and enthralling account, Gerard DeGroot gives us the life story of the Bomb, from its birth in the turn-of-the-century physics labs of Europe to a childhood in the New Mexico desert of the 1940s, from adolescence and ...
Gerard DeGroot, 2011
7
The Bomb
Howard Zinn's personal, historical, and political views on the significance of the US bombings of Royan and Hiroshima.
Howard Zinn, 2013
8
Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy
The world’s foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Iran’s current nuclear potential and charts America’s future course of action.
Kenneth Pollack, 2013
9
Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films
Cyndy Hendershot argues that 1950s science fiction films open a window on the cultural paranoia that characterized 1950s America, a phenomenon largely triggered by use of nuclear weapons during World War II. This study uses psychoanalytic ...
Cynthia Hendershot, 1999
10
Hiroshima: The World's Bomb
The US decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 remains one of the most controversial events of the twentieth century.
Andrew J. Rotter, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE BOMB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the bomb is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boston bombing suspects planned Times Square attack, Bloomberg …
The brothers had five pipe bombs and a "pressure-cooker bomb" -- the latter similar to the bombs used in the Boston blasts -- with them in the SUV that they ... «CNN, Apr 13»

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