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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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An AFP journalist saw a bombed out car on the road linking the cities of Sidon and Tyre, with traffic piling up as rescuers worked to retrieve the remains.

From Barron's

“The emotional impact of being awakened by a bomb out of the dead of sleep is tremendous,” Diggs told reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hamas says it is doing its best to retrieve hostage bodies, but it faces difficulty finding them under rubble of buildings bombed out by the Israeli military in Gaza.

From BBC

The Palestinian group says it is trying to do this but that it faces difficulty finding bodies under rubble of buildings bombed out by the IDF in Gaza.

From BBC

The so-called 'bomb squad', a reference to their being bombed out of the first team, have not been allowed to access United's Carrington training ground until Amorim and his squad have left for the day.

From BBC