Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:.BombA bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechanical stress, the impact and penetration of pressure-driven projectiles, pressure damage, and explosion-generated effects. A nuclear weapon employs chemical-based explosives to initiate a much larger nuclear-based explosion. Bombs have been in use since the 11th century in Song Dynasty China.The term bomb is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes such as construction or mining, although the people using the devices may sometimes refer to them as 'bomb'. The military use of the term 'bomb', or more specifically aerial bomb action, typically refers to airdropped, unpowered explosive weapons most commonly used by air forces and naval aviation.
Other military explosive weapons not classified as 'bombs' include grenades, shells, depth charges, warheads when in missiles, or land mines. In unconventional warfare, 'bomb' can refer to a range of offensive weaponry. For instance, in recent conflicts, 'bombs' known as improvised explosive devices have been employed by insurgent fighters to great effectiveness. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:.Bombbom, or bum, n. A hollow projectile, usually of cast-iron, fired from a mortar, filled with gunpowder and fitted with a time-fuse: any similar missile or case of explosives, as a dynamite bomb.— n. Bom′bard, an engine or great gun for throwing bombs: ( Shak.) a barrel or large vessel for holding liquor.— v.t. Bombard′, to attack with bombs.— ns.
A weapon that explodes and is used to kill or hurt people or to damage buildings: A 100-pound bomb exploded/went off today, injuring three.
Bombardier′, the lowest non-commissioned officer in the British artillery, formerly a man employed about the mortars and howitzers; Bombard′ment; Bombar′don, a deep-toned brass instrument, with a tube likened to a bombard.— adj. Bomb′-proof, proof or secure against the force of bombs.— ns. Bomb′-shell (same as Bomb); Bomb′-vess′el, Bomb′-ketch, a vessel for carrying the mortars used in bombarding from the sea.— Bombardier beetle, a name given to several species of beetles, which discharge an acrid volatile fluid with explosive force from the abdomen. Bombos, a humming sound—an imitative word. The New Hacker's Dictionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition:.bomb1. General synonym forcrash (sense 1) except that it is not used as anoun; esp. Used of software or OS failures.
“Don't run Empire withless than 32K stack, it'll bomb.” 2. Atari ST and Macintoshequivalents of a Unix panic or Amigaguru meditation, in which icons of littleblack-powder bombs or mushroom clouds are displayed, indicating that thesystem has died. On the Mac, this may be accompanied by a decimal (oroccasionally hexadecimal) number indicating what went wrong, similar to theAmiga guru meditation number.MS-DOS machines tend to getlocked up in this situation.
Defense lawyers representing the men charged with plotting to bomb New York City landmarks charged yesterday that the defection of a key defendant to the prosecution's side could hurt them because of how well the defector knows their strategies.In a tense emergency session in Federal District Court in Manhattan, one of the lawyers, Roger Stavis, said the defendant, Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali, had been at weekly meetings of the lawyers for almost a year and knew the strengths and weaknesses of each of their cases.' At those meetings we discussed, at length and in depth, defense strategies,' said Mr. Stavis, who is one of the lawyers for El Sayyid A.
'Individually, I have met with Mr. Siddig Ali and my client, and I believe every single lawyer at this table has met with Mr. Siddig Ali and their client to go over specific items of defense strategy.'