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bombed out
adjective
(alsobombed-out)uk /ˌbɒmd ˈaʊt/ us /ˌbɑːmd ˈaʊt/
destroyed by a bomb or bombs:
The building was completely bombed out.
Thousands of people had fled the bombed out capital.
Bombed-out trucks stood by the side of the road.
forced to leave a place because of bombs:
Bombed-out families were fleeing for the hills.
The film production crew made the street and shopfronts look bombed out.
I was horrified by how bombed out the city was.
They were living in the shell of a bombed-out former cinema.
After the war, the country was bankrupt and bombed-out.
Even Londoners who were completely bombed out and had nothing left came back again when the bombing stopped.
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aerial photograph
air raid
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detonator
direct hit
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pepper something with something
petrol bomb
prime
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saturation bombing
shell
shoot
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