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review bombing

review bombing is the present participle and gerund of review bomb.

Meaning of review bomb

Verb

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

  1. (Internet) To give something a deluge of negative user reviews.
    • For one well-known example, the 2016 remake of Ghostbusters was massively review bombed before the film had even been released, with a good part of the downvoting coming from men who objected to the remake's all-female cast.2021, Donald A. Barclay, chapter 4, in Disinformation: The Nature of Facts and Lies in the Post-truth Era, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 110

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Questions about review bombing

What is review bombing the present participle and gerund of?
Review bombing is the present participle and gerund of review bomb.

Words near review bombing in the dictionary

  1. review
  2. review article
  3. review articles
  4. review bomb
  5. review bombed
  6. review bombing
  7. review bombs
  8. review copies
  9. review copy
  10. review-proof
  11. reviewability

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