The Clue
Drop explosives on (4 letter answer)
The Answer
BOMB
Tags
Notes
The answer BOMB is common and appears about once every 250 puzzles.
Related Clues
Clunker
Dud
Explosive
Fiasco
Flop
A- or H-
Turkey
Absolute failure
Aerosol can
Big flop
Broadway loser
Complete failure
Complete flop
Elway feat
Fail on Broadway
Fail miserably
Flop on Broadway
H, A or cherry
A or H weapon
Hit's opposite
Lay an egg
Lethal missile
Long pass
Relative of a turkey
Rialto turkey
Screen flop
One with a terrible opening
Total flop
0-star movie
Angel's bad news
Bradford-to-Swann pass
Bradshaw-Stallworth coup
Bradshaw-to-Swann thriller
Kind of shell or scare
Long N.F.L. pass
Montana-to-Solomon pass
Zero-star movie
"Ishtar" or "Heaven's Gate," famously
Less than a one-star movie
Definition
BOMB as a noun:
1. an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
2. (bomb calorimeter, bomb) = strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
3. (turkey, bomb, dud) = an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
BOMB as a verb:
1. (bombard, bomb) = throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
2. (fail, flunk, bomb, flush it) = fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"