bombed

American  

[bomd] / bɒmd /

adjective

Slang.

1. completely intoxicated; drunk.

2. completely under the influence of drugs; high.

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bombed British  

/ bɒmd /

adjective

1. slang under the influence of alcohol or drugs (esp in the phrase bombed out of one's mind or skull )

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Usage

What does bombed mean? Bombed is a slang adjective that means extremely drunk or high on drugs or both.Bombed is just one of the many slang synonyms for intoxicated that involve a sense of destruction, including destroyed, blitzed, hammered, smashed, wasted, and trashed. Other synonyms include sloshed, tanked, and plastered. Such words often imply that a person is intoxicated beyond a point of being able to function in even the most basic ways. Someone who’s described as bombed probably can’t even walk or talk properly. In many cases, a person who’s bombed is intoxicated to the point of blacking out—losing consciousness and probably losing their memory of what happened when they were intoxicated.Bombed is often used in the phrases bombed out of one’s mind and bombed out of one’s skull, as in The guy was bombed out of his mind on PCP and ranting and raving at everyone. Example: He got so bombed that he couldn’t remember anything that happened before he woke up in his car, which he had crashed into a tree.

Other Word Forms

• unbombed adjective

Etymology

Origin of bombed

First recorded in 1935–40; bomb + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Analysts and officials say that Tehran has been rebuilding its launchers and recovering the ones put out of action when Israel bombed the entrances to underground missile storage facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There was just a little bit of heat, then bam, they bombed again, and now nothing works," Yeromina sighed.

From Barron's

"I pictured living with my family in a prefabricated unit, with electricity and water instead of our bombed home," she said.

From Barron's

Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since being bombed to rubble in World War II, the city has reinvented itself as one of Europe’s most experimental urban laboratories, with starchitect-designed towers and cultural districts built on former docklands.

From The Wall Street Journal