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trench
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noun
a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
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noun
any long ditch cut in the ground
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noun
a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
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verb
fortify by surrounding with trenches
He trenched his military camp
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verb
cut or carve deeply into
letters trenched into the stone
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verb
set, plant, or bury in a trench
trench the fallen soldiers
trench the vegetables
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verb
dig a trench or trenches
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
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verb
(= ditch)
cut a trench in, as for drainage
ditch the land to drain it
trench the fields
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verb
(= impinge, entrench)
impinge or infringe upon
This impinges on my rights as an individual
This matter entrenches on other domains
bomb
Noun
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A bomb is a weapon that explodes.
On August 6, a U.S. B-29 dropped a 9,000-pound atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
One U.S. soldier and two Iraqi children were killed when a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, was a bomb, it was very unsuccessful.
The first computer was a bomb, but IBM improved it and the new machine sold very well.
bomb
Verb
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If you bomb a place, you drop or put one or more bombs there.
This woman's mother and son were killed when American planes bombed the village.
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If you bomb somewhere, you go there at high speed.
They walked up the mountain with their bikes and then bombed down as fast as they could go.
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If you bomb a test, course, etc., you get a very low grade on it.
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If something, often a movie or a concert, bombs, it is very unsuccessful.
The show bombed in London as well as flopping on Broadway.