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bomb out

British  

verb

  1. (adverb; tr, usually passive) to make homeless by bombing

    24 families in this street have been bombed out

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At one point, he said, his rear gunner pleaded, “Will somebody just get that bomb out of here?”

From New York Times Dec. 8, 2022

Working on the Manhattan Project could be justified as part of the effort to defeat Hitler, and especially to keep an atomic bomb out of his hands by beating him to it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2020

You’re going to bomb out or flame out because of maturity and judgment.”

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2016

The group – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US – is seeking to hammer out a final accord to put an atomic bomb out of Iran’s reach.

From The Guardian Jul. 7, 2015

And when you throw it, sir, you must look out and not hit the man behind you and knock the bomb out of your hand.

From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Frederick Palmer

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