bombee

B3O1M3B3E1E1

noun

One who is bombed; the victim or target of a bombing.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounbombee (plural bombees)

plural bombees

  1. One who is bombed; the victim or target of a bombing.

    It must be comforting to the bombee to know the bomber had a moral doubt.

    1973, Robert N. Kharasch, The Institutional Imperative, page 32

Origin

  1. Frenchbombe
  2. Englishbomb
  3. Englishbombee

From bomb + -ee.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombee.

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