Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Bomb
bomb, n. [Fr. < L. bombus, bumming or humming noise.] (webplay: bursts, driven, thrown).
Shell; cannonball; explosive; gunpowder-filled weapon detonated by the lighting of a fuse; [fig.] explosion; blast; loud sound; disruptive noise; calamitous event.
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