bomb

n. வெடிகுண்டு, எறிகுண்டு, வான்வீழ்குண்டு, தெறிகுண்டு, எரிமலை வெடித்திரன், (வினை) வெடி குண்டுகளால் தாக்கு.

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Bomb, n. Etym: [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. .] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon. 2. (Mil.) Defn: A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell. 3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. -- Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin. Bomb, v. t. Defn: To bombard. [Obs.] Prior. Bomb, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Boom.] Defn: To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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