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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Bombshell

/bäm'-shĕlˌ/ · Bomb·shell · IPA /ˈbɑmʃɛl/
01 n. A bomb. See Bomb, n.
  1. 1.
    A bomb. See Bomb, n. See: Bomb
  2. 2.
    something or someone that stuns or amazes, especially suddenly and unexpectedly; as, the news of the president's affair was a political bombshell; a blonde bombshell.