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/bˈɑmʃˌɛl/ Listen

noun

Bombshell n.

A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Something or someone that stuns or amazes, especially suddenly and unexpectedly; as, the news of the president's affair was a political bombshell; a blonde bombshell.

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Etymology of 'Bombshell'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bombshell" Quotes from Famous Books

... a charge, and it blew all to pieces. I'll know better next time. There are lots more chunks of meat, and we'll soon have a feast. I'll make another bombshell." ...

— Lost on the Moon - or In Quest Of The Field of Diamonds • Roy Rockwood

... an astonishing story, will no doubt come as a complete surprise to almost everybody. I can imagine them, indeed, dropping like a bombshell into some circles; but they are founded, not only upon conversations with Mr. Payne, but upon Burton's own letters to Mr. Payne, all of which have been in my hands, and careful study of the two translations. The public, however, cannot possibly be more surprised than ...

— The Life of Sir Richard Burton • Thomas Wright

... further comment on that point. Brent waited a moment and then threw the bombshell. "We are quite sure that these creatures are ...

— Ten From Infinity • Paul W. Fairman

... a word, stamping with his feet as he swept along, and making the room resound as he struck the floor with his spurred heels. Every thing around him seemed to vibrate; the very curtains waved like trees in a storm. At length the pent-up rage found vent, and burst forth like a bombshell which explodes, "Comedian, say you? Ah, ha! I am he that will play you comedies to make you weep like women and children. Comedian, indeed! But you are greatly mistaken if you think you can play off on me, with impunity, your cool-blooded insolence. Comedian! Where is ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. • Various

... Had a bombshell burst—but I forbear. That comparison is, I believe, somewhat hackneyed. The reader will therefore be good enough to appropriate the point of it, and understand that the shock of this intelligence was so overpowering, that I ...

— The Lady of the Ice - A Novel • James De Mille

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