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bomb crater

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hole in the ground created by the explosion of a large bomb, usually one dropped by a bomber (aircraft).

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ձագար (jagar) — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Armenian: ռմբափոս (ṙmbapʻos) — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Belarusian: бомбавая варонка (bómbavaja varónka) — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Dutch: bomkrater — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Estonian: pommilehter — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Finnish: pommikuoppa — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • French: cratère de bombe — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • German: Bombenkrater — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Hungarian: bombakráter — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Hungarian: bombatölcsér — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Italian: cratere di bomba — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bombekrater — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bombekrater — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Polish: lej po bombie — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Romanian: crater al unei bombe — hole created by a bomb explosion
  • Russian: бомбовая воронка (bombovaja voronka) — hole created by a bomb explosion