bombsite

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noun

A place where a bomb has exploded.

“Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.”

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounbombsite (plural bombsites)

plural bombsites

  1. A place where a bomb has exploded.

    Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.

  2. 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 Hunter
    2 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 Squad

    Look, 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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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