bombed
Americanadjective
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completely intoxicated; drunk.
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completely under the influence of drugs; high.
adjective
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.
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Example Sentences
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Brett Ratner, director of the “Rush Hour” series and a documentary on the first lady that bombed at the box office, was given prime placement along with America’s top business leaders.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
"I just hope we don't get bombed now," he joked.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
The U.S. on March 13 bombed military targets on Kharg Island, a spot of land a third the size of Manhattan that is the launch point of roughly 90% of Iran’s oil exports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The country did not pull out of the competition last summer when the US bombed three nuclear facilities in the country.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
She was halfway through the assignment when Japanese fighter pilots bombed the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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