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bombsite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From bomb + site.

Meanings

1. A place where a bomb has exploded.
   • Postwar London remained pockmarked with bombsites for many years.
2. (colloquial) A very messy place.
   • Look, if you don't fancy the doctors' quarters, come home with me. The place is a bombsite, what with packing for the trip, but […] 2024, Alison Roberts, The Doctor's Promise:
   • The kitchen was a bombsite—-unwashed dishes, food scraps and mess everywhere. 2023, Jeff Apter, Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter:
   • All around the neatly arranged victim, the sitting room was a bombsite. Ornaments had been sent tumbling from the shelves , and the ground was littered with the debris of shattered porcelain animals. In the foreground of the photograph were the splintered remains of a pink poodle barometer promising fair weather. 2017, Sophie Hénaff, The Awkward Squad:

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