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bomb site

British

noun

an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs

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It was built on a former bomb site and designed by architects W H Rogers and Sir Howard Robertson.

From BBC

"I don't think it would have happened from any area other than Aston with all of those foundries and factories and the smelts and the bomb sites," he adds.

From BBC

We rely heavily on local Palestinian journalists working with us to access information about deadly attacks - interviewing witnesses as well as visiting bomb sites and hospital mortuaries to film footage, which is shared with us.

From BBC

The occasion also marked the inauguration of a mosque the authorities have built for them over the bomb site, as a form of compensation.

From BBC

Supplies had begun running short weeks ago and many people were cooking food over open fires fuelled by scavenged wood salvaged from bomb sites.

From Reuters

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