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fax bombs

fax bombs is the plural of fax bomb.

Meaning of fax bomb

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)

Questions about fax bombs

What is fax bombs the plural of?
Fax bombs is the plural of fax bomb.

Words near fax bombs in the dictionary

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

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