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bomb-thrower

bomb-thrower is the alternative form of bomb thrower.

Meaning of bomb thrower

Noun

bomb thrower (plural bomb throwers)

  1. One who throws bombs.
  2. (broadly) A radical agitator; a firebrand.
    • And most eye-popping of all, Rep. Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Forms of bomb-thrower

pluralbomb-throwers

Questions about bomb-thrower

What is bomb-thrower the alternative form of?
Bomb-thrower is the alternative form of bomb thrower.

Words near bomb-thrower in the dictionary

  1. bomb throwers
  2. bomb vessel
  3. bomb vessels
  4. bomb-ass
  5. bomb-proof
  6. bomb-thrower
  7. bomb-throwers
  8. bomba
  9. bombable
  10. bombacaceous
  11. bombace

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