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bombshells

bombshells is the plural of bombshell.

Meaning of bombshell

Noun

bombshell (plural bombshells)

  1. (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
    Synonyms:
    bomb[Appendix:Glossary
  2. (figuratively) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
    • "This—this is a bombshell!" exclaimed the Colonel. "What does it mean?"
      "Politics," replied Carrados tersely.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  3. (broadly) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.
    • Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

Phrases with bombshells

Questions about bombshells

What is bombshells the plural of?
Bombshells is the plural of bombshell.

Words near bombshells in the dictionary

  1. bombs around
  2. bombs away
  3. bombs off
  4. bombs out
  5. bombshell
  6. bombshells
  7. bombsies
  8. bombsight
  9. bombsights
  10. bombsite
  11. bombsites

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