Verb (used with object) : The enemy planes bombed the city. From Dictionary.com.
Even with Couric's fluff questions Palin bombed big-time. From Wordnik.com. [McCain campaign adviser pushes back on Palin book] Reference
If Colbert "bombed", it was because the audience didn't like him. From Wordnik.com. [Why Tell the Jokes?] Reference
They must have thought that we had been 'bombed' with laughing gas. From Wordnik.com. [Corpsing.] Reference
You referenced it but one joke, one joke seemed to kind of bombed at that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2010] Reference
When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Lutz: The Man Who Revived the Electric Car] Reference
SERWER: Well, you know, Tim Geithner, when he introduced his plan, it was actually kind of bombed, didn't it?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2009] Reference
It was the one he made after Last Action Hero, which kind of bombed because it was too thoughty for the masses. From Wordnik.com. [Mir and NaNoWriMo: Well, The Flash I'm Not] Reference
I felt as though I 'bombed' it and was visibly upset. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Moon 'bombed' by space probes in the hunt for hidden water. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to NASA invites Twitterers to next shuttle launch] Reference
The film kind of bombed, but the beer didn't - it was delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Blog] Reference
Does the studio want to spend more money on a movie that "bombed"?. From Wordnik.com. [TrekWeb - Browse, Bicker, and Boldly Go (Star Trek)] Reference
The person asking for their house to be 'bombed' was probably misunderstood. From Wordnik.com. [News round-up] Reference
Peter Herd, 16, is one of the two cyclists who "bombed" the ride last year and gave up. From Wordnik.com. [News Review - Top Stories] Reference
It didn't make any difference, the play 'bombed' and was never produced again for some 300 years. From Wordnik.com. [DUFF & NONSENSE!] Reference
The discovery follows a mission last month in which Nasa "bombed" the Moon in the hope of finding H20. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
So, now when Obama (or anyone else for that matter) gets 'bombed', they already have a response in place. From Wordnik.com. [Donklephant] Reference
Since then, Father Noguchi kept the "bombed" Mary in his own room in the Trappist Monastery where he prayed. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
But their set left many fans at Worthy Farm unimpressed, with one fans telling Gigwise that they "bombed" on stage. From Wordnik.com. [Music News - GIGWISE.com] Reference
NatalieBrownes Piers Morgan 'bombed' by Oprah Winfrey?. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
"bombed" on September 11, when the biggest one-day drop in its stock and highest trading volume occurred before bankruptcy. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
The book is the store's hottest-selling title, but the event bombed. From Wordnik.com. [Sir, Your Card Has Expired] Reference
Excerpts: NORDLAND: Do you think Milosevic wanted all along to be bombed?. From Wordnik.com. [In The Mind Of Milosevic] Reference
In one clash, warplanes bombed a monastery with thousands of Tibetans inside. From Wordnik.com. [When Heaven Shed Blood] Reference
Allies also cut off resupply routes to Iraq's troops; major roads and bridges were bombed out. From Wordnik.com. [The War Week By Week] Reference
Instead, Derek Lowe got bombed and is odds-on for a repeat shelling from New York this weekend. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Red Sox and Blue Staters] Reference
In 1986 Moore was the commander of a squadron that bombed Muammar Kaddafi's headquarters in Tripoli. From Wordnik.com. [Did Saddam Blink?] Reference
Arafat has emerged only rarely from his bombed-out compound since Israel occupied Ramallah last year. From Wordnik.com. [Arafat Rebounds (Again)] Reference
On the walls of the bombed-out Reichstag, someone scrawled "Blessed are the dead, for their hands do not freeze.". From Wordnik.com. [The Plan And The Man] Reference
Both men were listed among the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that dive-bombed the Pentagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
But three months later it bombed Yugoslavia nonstop for 78 days in pursuit of what was perceived as a humanitarian interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Shadow Of Vietnam] Reference
Syria has also explored weapons development, and in September 2007, Israel bombed an alleged secret nuclear reactor in Syria. From Wordnik.com. [Not-Quite-Nuclear Nations] Reference
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