I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , large , massive
▪ small
▪ cluster , fire (usually firebomb ) , high-explosive , incendiary , mortar , nail , petrol ( BrE ), smoke
▪ atom , atomic , hydrogen , neutron , nuclear
▪ bouncing ( BrE ), flying
▪ terrorist
▪ home-made
▪ unexploded
▪ stray ( esp. BrE )
▪
Their truck was hit by a stray ~.
▪ dummy ( esp. BrE ), fake
▪
The suspect was apprehended for planting a fake ~ in a bus terminal.
▪
a practice flight with dummy ~s
▪ car , roadside
▪ letter , parcel ( BrE )
▪ dirty
▪ smart (= one that is controlled by an electronic device)
▪ suicide
▪ time ( figurative )
▪
He described global warming as ‘an environmental time bomb’.
VERB + BOMB
▪ place , plant , put
▪
Police suspect terrorists planted the ~.
▪ carry
▪
The plane had been adapted to carry ~s.
▪ drop , release
▪
Enemy planes dropped ~s on the airport.
▪ defuse , disarm
▪ detonate , explode , set off
▪ build , construct , develop , test (These verbs are only used about countries.)
▪
India started to build a nuclear ~.
▪ make
▪
He used a clock to make a home-made ~.
▪ strap , strap on
▪
The ~s were strapped to their chests.
BOMB + VERB
▪ fall , rain , rain down
▪
Eighty people died when ~s rained down on the city's crowded streets.
▪ hit sth
▪ detonate , explode , go off
▪ blow sb/sth to pieces , blow sth up , destroy sth , kill sb , rip through sth
▪
Fifteen people were blown to pieces by the car ~.
▪
A terrorist ~ ripped through the station.
▪ target sb/sth
▪ be ticking away
BOMB + NOUN
▪ attack , blast , explosion
▪ alert ( esp. BrE ), scare , threat , warning ( BrE )
▪ plot
▪ hoax ( BrE )
▪ disposal , squad
▪ shelter
▪ crater
▪
The land was scarred with ~ craters.
▪ damage
▪ site
▪ factory
▪ victim
▪ suspect
▪ test
▪
the fallout from atomic ~ tests
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ heavily
▪
The city had been very heavily ~ed.
▪ accidentally , mistakenly
Bomb is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ aircraft
Bomb is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ barracks , ↑ embassy