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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an entertainer who has a sensational effect; "she was a blonde bombshell"
2: a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell" [syn: bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap]
3: an explosive bomb or artillery shell

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1708 1. bomb 1a 2. one that is stunning, amazing, or devastating <the book was a political bombshell>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 an overwhelming surprise or disappointment. 2 an artillery bomb. 3 sl. a very attractive woman (blonde bombshell).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bombshell Bomb"shell`, n. A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bombshells) A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news. His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell... N-COUNT • If someone drops a bombshell, they give you a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news. He dropped the bombshell. He told me he was dying. PHRASE: V and N inflect see also blonde bombshell

Moby Thesaurus

aerial bomb, antipersonnel bomb, astonishment, blockbuster, blow, bomb, carcass, catch, concussion grenade, depth bomb, depth charge, earthshaker, eye-opener, fire bomb, gas grenade, grenade, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade, infernal machine, joker, kicker, peripeteia, petard, revelation, shock, shocker, staggerer, startler, surprisal, surprise, surprise ending, surprise package, surprise party, switch, tear-gas grenade, thunderbolt, thunderclap, time bomb, wall grenade