bombshell
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈbɑmˌʃɛl/
- Literature
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noticia bomba
- When I casually dropped the bombshell recently that we're building a land gaming center, you all understandably were like, what?
- dropped a bombshell
That was like hit me like a bombshell.
- That was like hit me like a bombshell.
- So let's first address the demographic bombshell.
- Today, Trump got hit with yet another legal bombshell.
- Let's dig deep because we're about to see some crazy bombshells that I've never seen before in the stock market.
- And what happened was that no one at the broadcaster was covering the fact that this bombshell had just taken place in the UK.
- But Taylor's seeming bombshell was then retweeted by a man named Rick Wilson with just one word added.
- And then when people started talking about what happened, they completely omitted the fact that there was a bombshell revelation in the meeting.
- So I'll drop a bombshell and I'll say, you know what, here is something to really think about.
- In the midst of a deep conversation, I jokingly ask when he's going to officially ask me out, and he drops a bombshell.
Examples
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I think that's why I got a little kind of bent out of shape upstairs there when you guys dropped the bombshell on me, and, honestly, I was just kind of regretting what might have been.
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And that decision, when announced, was like this bombshell, sending the food world into a frenzy.
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You dropped the bombshell a few weeks ago.
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There is a tax bombshell coming from Labour and it's going to be, we learned today, a jobs tax bombshell coming from Labour.
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Remember I told you that my mother dropped the bombshell about the college money?
Fiction book (1996) -
Then in December 2017 came a bombshell revelation.
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The land trust directive proved to be a bombshell, whose impact is still being felt today.
Academic text (1998) -
This is a bombshell filing by the Mueller team.
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And so it was that just eight short months ago, John Malkovich dropped the bombshell that sent shock waves through the entertainment community.
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The announcement of the merger was a real bombshell for the company, catching everyone by surprise.
Synonyms
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1.0
An event that happens suddenly and is not expected
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5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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5.3
An event or piece of news that surprises people very much
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3.8
An event when something surprising and important is made known after waiting
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5.1
A sudden unexpected event that causes great shock
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3.9
A surprising event or fact that teaches you something new
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6.5
A sudden shocking event or announcement that surprises many people
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Etymology
The word bombshell is also used for very surprising news because such news 'hits' people like an explosion or a real bomb. That's why a shocking announcement is called a 'bombshell'.