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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as bombs" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to compare something to bombs, often implying a sudden or explosive impact.
Example: "The news hit the community as bombs, leaving everyone in shock."
Alternatives: "like bombs" or "similar to bombs".
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Louis Menand on books as bombs.
They can falsely identify benign objects as bombs.
Some Palestinian acts, such as bombs and shooting at settlers, are plainly violent, and so judged.
He played in Quang Tri province near the demilitarised zone as bombs fell.
During the Blitz, as bombs fell on London, he helped produce the prisoners' magazine.
Those used as bombs on that fateful day were far from booked out.
At dusk, bright red flashes could be seen as bombs continued to hit.
As bombs fell on Baghdad, few voices were raised in protest at events in Cuba.
As bombs fall, she sips tea and calmly reads "Alice in Wonderland" to her children.
Suicide is now as threatening to soldiers as bombs and guns.
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Oddly, both sides of the humans-as-bombs debate share certain assumptions.
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