obus — meaning in English

English meaning

• bomb noun An explosive device designed to cause damage or destruction.
• bombshell noun A piece of news that is shocking or sensational.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

obus is used for these senses in English:

• bomb An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
• bombshell (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
• shell (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.

bomb — full definition

1. noun An explosive device designed to cause damage or destruction.
2. verb To attack a place using bombs.
3. verb To fail badly, especially a performance or attempt.
4. adj Informal for excellent or impressive.

bombshell — full definition

1. noun A piece of news that is shocking or sensational.
2. noun Informal term for an especially attractive person.

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