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A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially that which is less than the budget for the motion picture.
My favorite movie was a giant box-office bomb.
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bomb — I UK [bɒm] / US [bɑm] noun Word forms bomb : singular bomb plural bombs *** 1) a) [countable] a weapon made to explode at a particular time or when it hits something Bombs fell on the city every night for two weeks. plant a bomb: The bomb had… … English dictionary
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