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bomb

Thesaurus>to not work or happen as intended>bomb
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TO NOT WORK OR HAPPEN AS INTENDED

The play absolutely bombed.
Synonyms and examples
fail
We tried our best, but ultimately the project failed.
fall apart
Things were going smoothly until we hired him, and now everything is falling apart.
fall to pieces
The plan has potential, but unless we proceed carefully, it could fall to pieces.
fall through
Our plans to visit fell through at the last minute.
crackinformal
The Liberal Party is cracking under the pressure of these allegations.
go belly upmainlyUSinformal
I wanted to invest in his company, but it went belly up at the beginning of the year.
fall short
The new camera promises excellent zoom capabilities, but it falls short.
fall between two stools
The book really fell between two stools: not short enough to appeal to casual readers, but not serious enough to draw in literary readers.
go down the panUKinformal
I had high hopes for my club, but they've gone down the pan.
go pear-shapedUKinformal
All seemed to be on track, but then our plans went pear-shaped.
come to nothing
All those years of work, and for what? It's all come to nothing.
bite the dust
Despite interest from investors, it's likely that the airline start-up will bite the dust.
come a cropperinformal
The team really came a cropper after trading their star forward.
go down the tubesinformal
Without a stimulus package, our economy's going to go down the tubes.
crash and burninformal
Once the goalie was injured, the team crashed and burned, losing 7-1.
flop
His debut film flopped at the box office.
Antonym and example
succeed
The campaign succeeded, and he was re-elected.
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See also
failure
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washoutinformal
fiasco
debacle
omnishamblesUKinformal
flameoutUSinformal
non-success
inefficacyformal
success
turkeyinformal
clunkerUSinformal
dudinformal
lemonmainlyUSinformal
be a disasterinformal
loserinformal
lame duck
no-hoperUK
non-starterinformal
default
malpractice
dereliction
neglect
negligence
lapse
non-fulfilmentUK
non-action
inactionformal

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When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should.

SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SUCCESSFUL

His website was one of the biggest dotcom bombs in the history of the internet.
Synonyms and examples
failure
The shuttle launch was a complete failure.
success
The operation was a success.
turkeyinformal
I really wanted to like it, but that show ended up being a real turkey.
clunkerUSinformal
That pitch was a real clunker.
dudinformal
My charger doesn't work - I think I've got a dud.
lemonmainlyUSinformal
His new car is a lemon.
be a disasterinformal
The whole company was just a disaster.
loserinformal
She just can't get ahead - she's a born loser.
flopinformal
His first feature-length film was a flop.
lame duck
All the books in this series are excellent - there are no lame ducks.
no-hoperUK
That lot of no-hopers will never make it to the World Cup.
non-starterinformal
They'll never agree to that - it's a non-starter for the Democrats.
non-success
The programme was required to track all measurable successes and non-successes.
Go to the thesaurus article about these synonyms and antonyms ofbomb.
See also
fail
fall apart
fall to pieces
fall through
crackinformal
go belly upmainlyUSinformal
fall short
fall between two stools
go down the panUKinformal
go pear-shapedUKinformal
come to nothing
bite the dust
come a cropperinformal
go down the tubesinformal
crash and burninformal
breakdown
meltdown
collapse
washoutinformal
fiasco
debacle
omnishamblesUKinformal
flameoutUSinformal
inefficacyformal
default
malpractice
dereliction
neglect
negligence
lapse
non-fulfilmentUK
non-action
inactionformal

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When something fails, itdoes not work or does not happen as intended. Thefact of being unsuccessfulis called failure. Failure is also used to describesomeone or something that is not successfulorthe fact of not doing something that you should.
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