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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bomb blew" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an explosion caused by a bomb in a narrative or report.
Example: "In the heart of the city, a bomb blew, causing widespread panic and destruction."
Alternatives: "a bomb exploded" or "a bomb detonated".
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"It felt like a bomb blew off.
NOT long ago, a bomb blew off the front of the county courthouse in Vallejo, California.
A bomb blew up, I spend all my time taking out the pieces.
A military prosecutor looking into assassinations was killed when a bomb blew up his vehicle.
The scorched Ukwala supermarket looks as if a bomb blew up inside it.
"They tell you stories of how, in the middle the night, a bomb blew up.
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meaning it's not a bomb blowing outwards.
Which means Kirk has only started to grumble about Nibiru when a bomb blows up the Starfleet's main archive in London.
About 20 minutes after the first explosions, as ambulances fought through traffic and the police shouted to control the panicked crowd, a car bomb blew up a block away, sending up a tower of flame but injuring no one.
Thursday's overall toll amounted to a relatively calm day: an adhesive bomb blew up a pickup truck in Falluja, killing one; a policeman was killed in the turbulent northern city of Mosul when his patrol hit a roadside bomb; and a cleric was killed in Mosul when a gunman opened fire.
No major disturbances were reported, although a man with a small bomb blew himself up on the street here after being chased away from a polling station by soldiers assigned to guard it.
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