Sandra Oh

I grew up never seeing myself on-screen, and it's really important to me to give people who look like me a chance to see themselves. I want to see myself as the hero of any story. I want to see myself save the world from the bomb.

Canadian Actress

Halle Berry

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

American Actress

Jeff Bauman

By some crazy twist of fate I was able to remember the moments leading up to the bombings, and in the end, it helped people. I'm not a hero; I did what any normal person would do.

American Author

Ana Ivanovic

The time during bombings was definitely difficult for everyone. My parents, they really protected me from it, and we came through together.

Serbian Athlete

Joe Pantoliano

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

American Actor

James Baldwin

There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

American Novelist

Jeremy Corbyn

I want a world of peace. I'm not interested in bombs. I'm not interested in wars. I'm interested in peace.

British Politician

Theodore Bikel

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

Austrian Actor

Ravi Kishan

Life trained me as an actor that's why I'm so dangerous, even more than a live bomb.

Indian Actor

Michael Franti

We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace.

American Musician

The term 'bomb' is sensitive; avoid joking about it in airports or public transport.

Context Matters

Using 'bomb' often implies a situation of extreme danger and urgency.

Expressing Severity

To 'bomb' as a verb suggests aggression and is usually related to war or terror.

Associated Violence

In entertainment, 'bomb' signifies a major failure, despite high expectations.

Entertainment Failure

Use 'bomb' informally; opt for 'was unsuccessful' in formal critiques.

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To 'bomb' a personal task means to fail it dramatically, often unexpectedly.

Personal Setbacks

Use 'bomb' conversationally; for formal situations, 'perform poorly' is better.

Casual Tone

As slang, 'the bomb' is a compliment, suggesting something is excellent or exciting.

Positive Slang

'The bomb' is somewhat outdated slang; younger people may use different words.

Dated Slang

Understanding slang like 'the bomb' can reflect one's grasp of English subcultures.

Cultural Nuance

 burtles or bobo but he picked out benito panettone who was bombing doing the wing like an extra set missile man he cushioned it on his chest knocked meg george here flicked it up one of these buns one lollipop two lollipop three and then he laid it on a plate at the barbie fierce assassin emmanuel macvittie you know the new lad we got from mayor blackboard rovers for

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 the area surrounding its target and then compare that to the collateral damage resulting from a concrete bomb now the way we've decided to do that is to line up three cars using the center vehicle as the target for our bombs the center car will be rigged with explosives to simulate the sort of damage that a real-life explosive bomb causes when it

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 in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb. And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world, which is producing the most high-carbon greenhouse-gas emitting oil in the world.

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 Unfortunately, this particular call would not end well. By the time the soldier advanced close enough to see the telltale wires of the bomb, it exploded in a wave of flame. Now, depending how close you are and how much explosive has been packed into that bomb, it can cause death

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 From there, engineers and military inventors created all kinds of destructive weapons. From bombs to guns to cannons, gunpowder left its mark on the world in some pretty terrible ways, in contrast to the beautiful marks it can leave in the air. So, how does black powder propel

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 before we measure the outcome. How is this possible? How is it that the states of cats on opposite sides of the universe can be entangled in this way? They're too far away to communicate with each other in time, so how do the two bombs always conspire such that

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 or with aggression to threats because stress and anger manifest as a cloud of hormones recognizable to the dog's nose. With the proper training, they can even alert us to invisible threats ranging from bombs to cancer. As it turns out, humanity's best friend

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 old friend paddington but can you name me another well-known panda hmm well there's there's duncan brooks the face of the world where i'm both fun lovely photo smashing storyteller matter of fact next actually bomb on the after dinner speaking circuit

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 and you put these two together, that's the controlling influence in Iran. Out here today, there are a bunch of people -- Ahmadinejad for example -- who would like not only to build a bomb, but test a bomb. That power disappears completely;

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 heard the bombers come and he was out in the field so there's no place for there's no foxhole to jump in and so he wrapped his arms around a tree that was closest to him the bomb went off not far from him the tree protected his body

Bomb

An explosive device used for destruction or harm.

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Attack or damage with bombs, shells, or missiles.

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A poor performance, especially when expected to do well.

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To fail miserably.

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An outstandingly good person or thing.

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