gas bomb
2
4.6
- noun
- /ɡæs bɑm/
- Offensive
:
bomba de gas
- He found a stun gun, a communicator, and several tiny gas bombs that would have forced the evacuation of the palace.
- a tear gas bomb
Examples
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The Palestine News Network (PNN) reported on Wednesday morning that Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Jala city, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and fired gas bombs at students who protested the invasion.
Blog text (17) -
Get out the tear gas bombs.
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And these guys all got guns and tear gas bombs in their pockets.
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Marilee saw machine guns and tear gas bombs in the trucks.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why don't you throw a couple of tear-gas bombs in there?
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Seven men were arrested, and Police Sergeant Percy Ball sustained injuries from a tear gas bomb.
Academic text (1998) -
A tear-gas bomb went off accidentally in one of the Sheriff's cars.
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On May 1, 2008, the police used gas bombs, pepper gas, water cannons, and clubs against workers who wanted to celebrate May Day peacefully in Istanbul's Taksim Square, the traditional site of demonstrations in Turkey's largest city; scores were injured.
Academic text (2009) -
The soldiers throw gas bombs into the building to try to smoke him out.
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Somebody set off a gas bomb in the crowded area.
Synonyms
176
4.6
A harmful chemical that kills or hurts people, animals and plants in war
1
5.8
A weapon that releases toxic chemicals when it explodes to kill or harm people
1
8.6
An explosive fired from a cannon that releases poisonous gas when it explodes
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'gas' (a gaseous substance) modifies 'bomb' (an explosive device), yielding a bomb that releases gas. This straightforward noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Gas bomb comes from the simple image of gas (poisonous air) and bomb (an explosive device). When it explodes the bomb lets the gas spread, so it means 'a bomb that fills an area with dangerous gas'.