“A bomb or a missile explodes, spreading the chemical or biological agent over a wide area.”

“Today's medical student is faced with a situation that is analogous to being a child in the early 50s and living in fear of the bomb.”

“That course will cost me a bomb. Fourteen thousand dollars for five months!”

“The men suffered continuous shell and mortar bombardment followed by ferocious counter-attacks.”

“The student experienced a bombardment of assignments, exams, and projects all due within the same week.”

“In the following hours, the villages would be rubbled by continuous bombardment.”

“The new reality we faced came as a total bombshell to us.”

“With her voluminous blowout and smoky black eyes, Claire was a complete bombshell at this year's Golden Globe Awards.”

“Another employee was also left gutted by the bombshell news and is now scouring the job market.”

“The bombing of the city resulted in extensive damage and loss of life.”

“The Norden bombsight from World War II was supposedly accurate enough to place a bomb in a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet.”

“Professor James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes's mortal enemy, wants to get his hands on a revolutionary new bombsight.”

“An observer leans over the fuselage of an aircraft to use a Mark 1-A bombsight, the first one designed for aircraft use.”

“One of the closest calls we had was actually when a Marine stepped on a bomblet from a cluster bomb.”

“Others were walking in their fields and accidentally stepped on an unexploded bomblet from a cluster bomb.”

“That's small comfort to small children or farmers who have lost their legs after an encounter with a cluster bomblet.”

“I wrote a couple more about my mother thinking my room was like a bombsite and putting ink into the boys' inkwells before an arithmetic test.”

“Bit by bit the surfaces reappeared, cupboards and drawers refilled, and as the job got done the transformation from bombsite to spotless showroom was remarkable and rewarding.”

“The bottom of the garden has been looking literally like a bombsite for some time, while we have been moving the patio and excavating a hole for the bog garden.”

“The night bombarder has been telling me this yarn in serial form.”

“Last week there were daily bombardments, including an attack by a helicopter that dropped barrel bombs.”

“Unanticipated, velocious, and overwhelming in nature, the bombardments with streams of technological data allow no time for adequate processing.”

“World War I was characterized by the extensive use of trench warfare, massive artillery bombardments, and battles of attrition.”

“Though they are couched in very polite language, they are bombshells nonetheless.”

“After this week's fuss over news we can expect bigger and more explosive bombshells in future.”

“To avoid being struck by bombshells and bullets, my entire family descended to the dark bomb shelter below our house and hid.”

“Mr Blair extended his sympathies to the families of those who had died in the two huge suicide bombings, many of whom are likely to be British.”

“He was freed on Friday after being granted royal clemency and immediately announced that he had been forced into confessing to the bombings.”

“The other five are alleged to be members of the group behind the train bombings.”