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Bomb

For Bomb we have terms and definitions in 13 topics. The topics are Cold War, Drugs, Earth Science, Explosives, Football, Graffiti, Import Cars, Soccer, Speleological, Surf, Technology, Volcano and Weightlifting.



Bomb (Cold War)

First tested in 1952 by the United States and in 1953 by the Soviets; a nuclear weapon hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


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Bomb (Drugs)

Crack; heroin; large marijuana cigarette; high potency heroin


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Bomb (Earth Science)

Fragments of molten or semi-molten rock, several inches to several feet in diameter, which are blown out during an explosive volcanic eruption. Because of their semi-plastic condition, bombs are often modified in shape during their flight or upon impact.


Bomb (Explosives)

A criminal bomb is an explosive substance which is placed, dropped, thrown or projected with the unlawful intention of causing either injury, death, or destruction of property, or creating a disturbance.


Bomb (Football)

A long pass thrown to a receiver sprinting down the field.


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Bomb (Graffiti)

Prolific painting or marking with ink. To cover an area with your tag, throwups, etc.


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Bomb (Import Cars)

Performance term for a vehicle that is capable of extraordinary performance.


Bomb (Soccer)

A hopeless, long, wild, desperation shot from a long distance that remarkably results in a goal


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Bomb (Speleological)

A large fragment of volcanic ejecta. Some bombs show twisted forms indicating that they were still liquid when ejected, but solidified before landing. 'Breadcrust' and 'cowpat' bombs are named for their appearance.
Lava Cave term.


Bomb (Surf)


Bomb-A very large wave, well beyond the session's normal wave size.


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Bomb (Technology)

A program planted surreptitiously, with intent to damage or destroy a system in some way--for example, to erase a hard disk or cause it to be unreadable to the operating system. See also Trojan horse, virus, worm.To fail abruptly and completely, without giving the user a chance to recover from the problem short of restarting the program or system. See also abend, bug (definition 1), crash3 (definition 1), hang.


Bomb (Volcano)

Fragment of molten or semi-molten rock, 2 1/2 inches to many feet in diameter, which is blown out during an eruption. Because of their plastic condition, bombs are often modified in shape during their flight or upon impact.


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Bomb (Weightlifting)

To fail making a good lift in either or both of the two lifts, which results in no score. Also "bomb out."




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