bomb site
Where explosions happened
A bomb site is an area where a bomb has exploded, typically referring to urban ruins left by wartime aerial bombardment: Children played in the bomb sites of postwar London.
In British English, the term extends figuratively to any chaotic or devastated space: Her bedroom looks like a bomb site.
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
devastation · demolition · shrapnel · blast zone · ground zero · collapsed buildings · shattered glass · twisted metal
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
frontline · mortar · offensive · blitz · shelling · occupation · civilian casualties · evacuation
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
- crime sceneLocation of an offense
cordoned · investigators · EOD · analysis · reconstruction · blast radius · point of origin · arson
Act of unearthing
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- unexploded ordnanceMilitary ammunition that failed to detonate
conservation · memorial · remembrance · documentation · recovery · restoration · museum
rubble
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
ruins · devastation · demolition · shrapnel · blast zone · ground zero · collapsed buildings · shattered glass · twisted metal · scorched earth
bunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- combatArmed hostile engagement
siege · frontline · mortar · offensive · blitz · shelling · occupation · civilian casualties · evacuation · air raid
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
crime scene · cordoned · investigators · EOD · analysis · reconstruction · blast radius · point of origin · arson · terrorism
excavation
Act of unearthing
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
unexploded ordnance · conservation · memorial · remembrance · documentation · recovery · restoration · museum
- danger zonesdanger zone, danger zones, disaster zone, war zone, war zones
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
- siteswebsite, campsite, crime scene, homesite, gravesite
- Counter-StrikeAK-47, CT, terrorist, defuse, competitive
- messy situationsjunk drawer, rat's nest, pigsty, disaster zone, train wreck
- barrensbadlands, wasteland, dust bowl, salt flat, salt flats
bomb sitenew construction
heritage site · restoration project · showpiece · architectural landmark
bomb sitesafe zone
Protected area from threats
secure area · sanctuary · safe haven · shelter · refuge
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