paint-bomb
verb (used with object)
to hit with a paint bomb.
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paint bombnouna device made of liquid paint in some solid container that explodes upon impact.
paint-bomb
1 American
[paynt-bahm]
/ ˈpeɪntˌbɑm /
verb (used with object)
paint-bombed,
paint-bombing
paint bomb
2
American
[paynt bahm]
/ ˈpeɪnt ˌbɑm /
noun
paint bombs
plural
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It’s as if I’ve stepped into an impressionist painting on which an artist has dropped a paint bomb.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2015
I met him taking art classes at the Watts Towers Arts Center, when it was still located in a whimsical, paint-bombed bungalow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
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