cancelbombing

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noun

A malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.

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Meanings

nouncancelbombing (uncountable)
  1. InternetuncountableA malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.

    NNTP-Posting-Host is the least forgeable and most reliable when dealing with spam (though somewhat less so when dealing with flooding, cancelbombing, and other more advanced forms of abuse).

    1998 October 26, Andrew Gierth, “Re: A way to deal with Supersedes: (was Re; Cat bathing)”, in news.software.nntp (Usenet)

Origin

From cancel + bombing.

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APA

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

MLA

“cancelbombing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancelbombing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancelbombing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancelbombing.

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