bomb a weapon that explodes:
The bomb exploded on a bus in Jerusalem during the city’s morning rush hour. Fifty-five people were injured in a car bomb attack in Baghdad. Morrow was convicted in 1998 of sending four letter bombs (=a small bomb hidden in a package and sent to someone in order to hurt or kill them) to government officials. People were worried that terrorists would try to detonate a dirty bomb (=a bomb that contains nuclear materials )in the city centre.explosives bombs or substances that can cause explosions:
They used explosives to blow the door off the front of the building. The car was packed with 1,000 lbs of high explosives (=powerful explosives).device a bomb – used especially in news reports:
Police found the device hidden in a suitcase. A bomb threat was received and the building was evacuated, but no device was found.IED a bomb that has been made using whatever materials are available, especially one used to blow up soldiers travelling through a place.
IED is short for ‘improvised explosive device’:
Several soldiers were killed when an IED exploded as their convoy drove by.mine a type of bomb that is hidden just below the ground or under water, and that explodes when it is touched:
The fields are still full of landmines. The ship struck a mine and sank.grenade (
also hand grenade) a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a special gun:
He pulled the pin and threw a grenade toward the enemy’s position. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲