bomb thrower

noun

One who throws bombs.

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Meanings

nounbomb thrower (plural bomb throwers)

plural bomb throwers · alternative bomb-thrower

  1. One who throws bombs.
  2. broadlygovernmentA radical agitator; a firebrand.

    And most eye-popping of all, Rep. Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.

    2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor
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APA

bomb thrower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20thrower

MLA

“bomb thrower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20thrower. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bomb thrower,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomb%20thrower.

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