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love-bomb

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Australia/ˈlɐvbɔm/

love-bomb verb: to be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person. Also the alternative form of love bomb.

Verb

love-bomb (third-person singular simple present love-bombs, present participle love-bombing, simple past and past participle love-bombed)

  1. (transitive) To be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person.
    • He love-bombed me and sent me excessive words of affirmation. He told me I was special, that I was the only one in the world whom he had ever loved and would ever love.2022, Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection, Penguin, →ISBN, page xxiv
    • You love-bombed me until I was so full of love, I gave it back to you.2022, E. J. Frost, Quaternion, →ISBN

Also used as

love-bomb is also the alternative form of love bomb.

Forms of love-bomb

Verb
third-person singular presentlove-bombs
present participlelove-bombing
past participlelove-bombed
pastlove-bombed
Noun
plurallove-bombs

Questions about love-bomb

What does love-bomb mean?
Love-bomb means to be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person.
What part of speech is love-bomb?
Love-bomb is a verb.
How do you pronounce love-bomb?
Love-bomb is pronounced /ˈlɐvbɔm/ (Australia).
What is the past tense of love-bomb?
The past tense of love-bomb is love-bombed.

Words near love-bomb in the dictionary

  1. love-aholics
  2. love-bead
  3. love-beads
  4. love-bite
  5. love-bites
  6. love-bomb
  7. love-bombed
  8. love-bombing
  9. love-bombs
  10. love-child
  11. love-children

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