bomb alert
noun/ˈbɒm əlɜːt/
/ˈbɑːm əlɜːrt/
(British English) (also bomb scare British and North American English, bomb threat especially in North American English)
- an occasion when somebody says that they have put a bomb somewhere and everyone has to leave the area
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