It struck like a bombshell!
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Bombshell
Synonyms for "bombshell" (57 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- бо́мба noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- знара́д noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бо́мба noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- снаря́д noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Catalan
2 entries- bomba noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- obús noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Finnish
3 entries- pommi noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- povipommi noun (someone who is very attractive)
- seksipommi noun (someone who is very attractive)
French
4 entries- avion de chasse noun (someone who is very attractive)
- bombe noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- bombe noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- bombe noun (someone who is very attractive)
German
4 entries- Bombe noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- Bombe noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- Explosivgeschoss noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- Granate noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Greek
2 entries- οβίδα noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- σεξοβόμβα noun (someone who is very attractive)
Hungarian
2 entries- bombázó noun (someone who is very attractive)
- szexbomba noun (someone who is very attractive)
Icelandic
4 entries- kynbomba noun (someone who is very attractive)
- sprengikúla noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- sprengja noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- stórviðburður noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
Irish
4 entries- bean bhreá noun (someone who is very attractive)
- leadhb noun (someone who is very attractive)
- spéirbhean noun (someone who is very attractive)
- stumpa noun (someone who is very attractive)
Italian
4 entries- bomba noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- granata noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- notizia clamorosa noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- schianto noun (someone who is very attractive)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sexbombe noun (someone who is very attractive)
Persian
1 entries- خمپاره noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Polish
3 entries- pocisk noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- seksbomba noun (someone who is very attractive)
- sensacja noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
Portuguese
4 entries- avião noun (someone who is very attractive)
- bomba noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- bomba noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- granada noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Russian
4 entries- бо́мба noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- бо́мба noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- секс-бо́мба noun (someone who is very attractive)
- сенса́ция noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
Spanish
4 entries- bomba noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- bombazo noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- bombazo noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- bombón noun (someone who is very attractive)
Swedish
2 entries- bombnedslag noun (someone who is very attractive)
- sexbomb noun (someone who is very attractive)
Tajik
1 entries- хумпора noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бо́мба noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
- снаря́д noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Welsh
2 entries- taranfollt noun (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
- tân-belen noun (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He dropped a bombshell.
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The mayor dropped a bombshell at the news conference.
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She dropped a bombshell on him.
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