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bomb thrower

bomb thrower noun: one who throws bombs.

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
alternative formbomb-thrower

Questions about bomb thrower

What does bomb thrower mean?
Bomb thrower means one who throws bombs.
What part of speech is bomb thrower?
Bomb thrower is a noun.
What is the plural of bomb thrower?
The plural of bomb thrower is bomb throwers.

Words near bomb thrower in the dictionary

  1. bomb shots
  2. bomb site
  3. bomb sites
  4. bomb squad
  5. bomb squads
  6. bomb thrower
  7. bomb throwers
  8. bomb vessel
  9. bomb vessels
  10. bomb-ass
  11. bomb-proof

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