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bombsite

bombsite noun: a place where a bomb has exploded.

Noun

bombsite (plural bombsites)

  1. A place where a bomb has exploded.
    • Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
  2. (colloquial) A very messy place.
    • 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...2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward Squad
    • 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

Examples of bombsite in a sentence

  • All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite.2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward Squad:
  • The place is a bombsite, what with packing for the trip, but […]2024, Alison Roberts, The Doctor's Promise:

Forms of bombsite

pluralbombsites

Origin of bombsite

From bomb + site.

Questions about bombsite

What does bombsite mean?
Bombsite means a place where a bomb has exploded.
How do you use bombsite in a sentence?
All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite.
What part of speech is bombsite?
Bombsite is a noun.
What is the plural of bombsite?
The plural of bombsite is bombsites.

Words near bombsite in the dictionary

  1. bombshell
  2. bombshells
  3. bombsies
  4. bombsight
  5. bombsights
  6. bombsite
  7. bombsites
  8. bombus
  9. bombweed
  10. bombworthy
  11. bombycic

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