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Definition of Bomb up

1. Verb. Load an aircraft with bombs.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bomb Up

Bombycilla garrulus Bombycillidae bombycoid Bombyliidae bombyx Bombyx bombyxes Bombyx mori bomb blast bomb calorimeter

bomb calorimeter bomb out bomb rack bomb shelter bomb site bomb up (current term) bon bona bonaci bonacis

Bonaire bonamani bonamano bonamia bonamias bonanza bonanzas Bonaparte Bonasa Bonasa umbellus

Literary usage of Bomb up

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1. With the Yankee Division in France by Frank Palmer Sibley (1919)
"Unfortunately he had chosen one into which the engineers had thrown a far more deadly bomb. Up went the dugout, and up went O'Toole ..."

2. Practical Physical Chemistry by James Brierley Firth (1916)
"Weigh out into the calorimeter about 2-5 kgs. of water (sufficient to immerse the bomb up to the nut -B). The calorimeter is then placed in position, ..."

3. Britain's Civilian Volunteers: Authorized Story of British Voluntary Aid by Thekla Bowser (1917)
"... picked the bomb up, and carried it away in his hand to a place of safety. A pathetic incident happened in connection with one of the air raids. ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... have gone on record creditably against hammer and vitriol and bomb. Up to the moment when this is written the American societies have not only been ..."

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