Meanings
plural bombsites
- A place where a bomb has exploded.
Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
- colloquialA very messy place.
The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere.
2023, Jeff Apter, Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter2 more examples
All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite. Ornaments had been sent tumbling from the shelves , and the ground was littered with the debris of shattered porcelain animals. In the foreground of the photograph were the splintered remains of a pink poodle barometer promising fair weather.
2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward SquadLook, if you don't fancy the doctors' quarters, come home with me. The place is a bombsite, what with packing for the trip, but […]
2024, Alison Roberts, The Doctor's Promise
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bombsite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombsite
“bombsite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombsite. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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