bomb threat
noun
: a message saying that a bomb is located in a particular place
Someone called in a bomb threat, so the building was evacuated.
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The third season, comprised of six episodes, sees Washington and her team investigate a bomb threat that soon reveals itself to be the start of a sinister vendetta.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Doxing a judge or calling in a bomb threat, that was one thing.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
He was arrested on suspicion of making a false bomb threat.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
One of the gamers might write a script for a bomb threat, another would record it and another would call it in through an online phone system.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Doxing a judge or calling in a bomb threat, that was one thing.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
He was arrested on suspicion of making a false bomb threat.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
One of the gamers might write a script for a bomb threat, another would record it and another would call it in through an online phone system.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bomb threat
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“Bomb threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20threat. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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