Definitions
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- noun The action of dropping
bombs from the air. - noun The action of placing and
detonating bombs. - verb Present participle of
bomb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
- noun an attack by dropping bombs
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Examples
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Moreover, the victim of the bombing is a non-Jewish woman from an unnamed, distant land, where almost half the novel is set.
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The guy picked up for this bombing is a naturalized US Citizen.
Rubio: Miranda rights could hamper terror investigations 2010
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While the bombing is the biggest Mauritanian “story” to catch western media attention since the election Mauritanians are more concerned with other troubles related to legitimacy and creeping despotism.
Global Voices in English » Mauritania Experiences First-Ever Suicide Bombing 2009
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By that logic, Israel is rational in bombing Gaza in an attempt to remove that demographic threat, one way or another.
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By that logic, Israel is rational in bombing Gaza in an attempt to remove that demographic threat, one way or another.
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Also killed in this bombing, is STO supporter Zoe Graystone.
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He was one of eight reporters to be able to fly in bombing missions over Germany and he landed in Holland with the 101st Airborne for Operation Market Garden.
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One of the most misleading statistics quoted by the critics of strategic bombing is the output of armaments by German factories.
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The failed bombing is "another sobering reminder of the times in which we live," the president told an audience of business leaders.
Obama says 'justice will be done' in Times Square bombing 2010
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We begin bombing in five minutes. - joking during a mike check before his Saturday radio broadcast
Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case 2010
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“Beaver bombing” or “beaver black ops” — as it’s become known in conservation circles — is the practice of illegally releasing the humble beaver into a waterway and leaving it to do what it does best: fell trees, build dams and construct lodges.
The secret movement bringing Europe’s wildlife back from the brink Isobel Cockerell 2023
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The term “Google bombing” was first coined by Adam Mathes, now a product manager at Google, who first described the concept in April 2001 while writing for the site Uber.nu. Mathes successfully used the backlinks that fueled PageRank to make the search term “talentless hack” bring up his friend’s website.
How Google made the world go viral - The Verge Ryan Broderick 2023
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Goodreads said: “Earlier this year, we launched the ability to temporarily limit submission of ratings and reviews on a book during times of unusual activity that violate our guidelines, including instances of ‘review bombing’.
‘It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads? David Smith 2023
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Those of us of a, ahem, certain age will remember the phenomenon of “Google bombing;” the classic example was using the words “miserable failure” with a link to George W. Bush.
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This sounds a lot like Google Bombing, or Googlewashing, “the practice of causing a website to rank highly in web search engine results for irrelevant, unrelated or off-topic search terms by linking heavily.”
Considering AI Privacy Scenarios Drew Breunig 2024
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So let’s consider a scenario: a Discord channel organizes an AI Bombing that coordinates seeding your personal information into several LLMs.
Considering AI Privacy Scenarios Drew Breunig 2024
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