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fax bomb

fax bomb noun: a malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.

Noun

fax bomb (plural fax bombs)

  1. A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.
    • He has been often and consistently ill-used by some people on the nets who have used this great technology to put together anti-Ellison groups, to harrass^([sic]) and chivvy him at every turn; it has led to fax bombs, abusive mail, harmful rumors, even threats of various sorts, so you can, I think...1995 August 14, strac...@genie.geis.com, “Re: Abuse of this newsgroup by”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 (Usenet)

Forms of fax bomb

pluralfax bombs

Origin of fax bomb

From fax + bomb, compare mail bomb.

Questions about fax bomb

What does fax bomb mean?
Fax bomb means a malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.
What part of speech is fax bomb?
Fax bomb is a noun.
What is the plural of fax bomb?
The plural of fax bomb is fax bombs.

Words near fax bomb in the dictionary

  1. Fawzia
  2. Fawzies
  3. Fawzis
  4. Fawzy
  5. fax
  6. fax bomb
  7. fax bombs
  8. fax democracy
  9. fax machine
  10. fax machines
  11. fax modem

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