water bomb
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The five-day exercise simulates catastrophic floods from a "water bomb", an ever-present fear in a country where 60 percent of people live below sea level and climate change is making things worse.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025
This is often called a "water bomb", where the upstream country can temporarily hold back water and then release it suddenly, without warning, causing massive damage downstream.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
“It wasn’t a water bomb, it was a tsunami,” Barbara Mayor Riccardo Pasqualini told Italian state radio, describing the sudden downpour Thursday evening that devastated his town in the Marche region near the Adriatic Sea.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022
So what do people do about a water bomb dangling over their heads?
From Slate • Mar. 14, 2018
“Not doing nothing!” cackled Peeves, lobbing a water bomb at several fifth-year girls, who screamed and dived into the Great Hall.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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