'bomb scare

  • 1bomb scare — UK US noun [countable] [singular bomb scare plural bomb scares] an occasion when people have to leave a place because someone says that there is a bomb there Thesaurus: military or armed attackhyponym …

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  • 2bomb scare — n when people have to be moved out of a building because there may be a bomb there ▪ a bomb scare in Central London …

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  • 3bomb scare — bomb ,scare noun count an occasion when people have to leave a place because someone says that there is a bomb there …

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  • 4bomb scare — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bomb scare : singular bomb scare plural bomb scares an occasion when people have to leave a place because someone says that there is a bomb there …

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  • 5bomb scare — noun (C) a situation where someone telephones and says that there is a bomb in a particular place: a bomb scare in Central London …

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  • 6bomb scare — /ˈbɒm skɛə/ (say bom skair) noun a threat of a bomb exploding. Also, bomb alert …

  • 7bomb scare — The criminal offense of conveying or causing to be conveyed, false information that a bomb or other explosive has been or is to be planted in an airplane, bus, other vehicle, building, or the like. Smith v United States (CA6 Ohio) 283 F2d 16, 87… …

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  • 82007 Boston bomb scare — LED advertisement resembling the cartoon character Ignignokt from Aqua Teen Hunger Force giving the middle finger, as seen in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Identical devices were removed by the Boston Police Department throughout the …

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  • 9bomb threat — ˈbomb scare [bomb scare] (also ˈbomb threat especially in NAmE) (BrE also ˈbomb alert) noun …

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  • 10bomb alert — ˈbomb alert [bomb alert] noun (BrE) = ↑bomb scare …

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