bomb shelter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bomb shelter
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Before it was destroyed, Mariupol’s theater served as a bomb shelter whose denizens cut across social, economic and cultural classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
The Wende Museum in Culver City opened its doors in 2017 inside a former 1949 atomic bomb shelter.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
The bomb shelter subject stuck in my brain.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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