review bomb
verb
variants
or review-bomb
review bombed or review-bombed; review bombing or review-bombing; review bombs or review-bombs
: to post a usually negative online review of (a product, business, etc.) especially as part of a coordinated campaign
When users began to review bomb the app last Thursday, Robinhood reached a one-star rating with nearly 275,000 reviews.—
Chaim Gartenberg
Chaim GartenbergThis is just a selection of some of the books getting review bombed in the wake of censorship attempts.—Danika Ellis
Danika EllisA massage therapy business owner accidentally sent a racist message complaining about a Black customer to the customer. Now, his business is getting review-bombed on Yelp.—Moises Mendez II
Moises Mendez IIOn Steam, where the game launched for the first time this week … players have flocked to post their opinions and review-bomb the game.—Bree Royce
Bree Royce
review bomb
noun
plural review bombs
The Steam review bombs, especially, have been vicious, with over 3,000 negative reviews being posted … in the past two days.
—Nathan Grayson
Nathan Grayson
review bomber
noun
or review-bomber
plural review bombers or review-bombers
… while maliciously tanking the score of a local B&B or a self-published novel might affect the fortunes of a small business, what possible effect can review bombers have on entertainment juggernauts?
—Rich Wordsworth
Rich Wordsworth
Examples of review bomb in a Sentence
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The review bomb phenomenon is nothing new, as Marvel has dealt with this online treatment for years.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
There is also no escaping the unequivocal fact that Captain Marvel and She-Hulk were very clearly review bombed as part of a culture war movement.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Arrowhead and Sony later walked back that decision after a massive outcry from players, including review bombing the game on Steam.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 23 July 2024
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
There is also no escaping the unequivocal fact that Captain Marvel and She-Hulk were very clearly review bombed as part of a culture war movement.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Arrowhead and Sony later walked back that decision after a massive outcry from players, including review bombing the game on Steam.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 23 July 2024
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“Review bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/review%20bomb. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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