bomb scare
noun/ˈbɒm skeə(r)/
/ˈbɑːm sker/
(also bomb threat especially in North American English)
(British English also bomb alert)
- an occasion when somebody says that they have put a bomb somewhere and everyone has to leave the area
- The building was evacuated after a bomb scare.
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