bomb out

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   make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs

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Questions about bomb out

What does bomb out mean?

bomb out means "make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs".

Is bomb out a common word?

bomb out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.