bomblike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a bomb.

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Meanings

adjectivebomblike (comparative more bomblike, superlative most bomblike)

comparative more bomblike · superlative most bomblike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a bomb.

    The dance carries on undisturbed by this possible news footage, until, after a while, the dancers line up on one of three arching bridges (the main items of Ms. Hadid’s décor, variously shunted around the stage) to look, calmly, at this bomblike view, as if to say “Oh la la!”

    2007 July 27, Alastair Macaulay, “I May Be Writhing on the Floor, but on Screen I’m Soaring Like Superman”, in New York Times

Origin

From bomb + -like.

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APA

bomblike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomblike

MLA

“bomblike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bomblike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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