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.
Other Word Forms
- unbombed adjective
Etymology
Origin of bombed
Example Sentences
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The U.N. agency has the “firm impression” that Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium still lie buried at the sites bombed last June, Grossi said earlier this month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
His unit was bombed as it tried to cross the Dnipro river.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
Starting in Oman on Friday, the ongoing talks are the first involving US and Iranian officials since last June, when the US bombed Iran's three main nuclear facilities.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
“At the time that I was looking, the Tesla stocks bombed really hard, and resale is always top of mind for me,” De Groot said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
A few days after Pearl Harbor was bombed, in December 1941, Dasch found himself back in Kappe's office.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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