dropping the bomb
Atomic warfare unleashed
Dropping the bomb means revealing shocking or momentous news, often abruptly: She dropped the bomb that she was quitting.
The phrase evokes the devastating impact of explosive ordnance—information that changes everything.
It can also refer specifically to the U.S. atomic bombing of Japan in 1945, or in slang, to defecating.
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- truth-tellingCommunicating only facts
hard truth · moment of truth · revelation · Cold War · airstrike · announcement · big news · surprise · fallout · arms race · disclosure · bombshell · Manhattan Project · nuclear weapon · shockwave · payload · atomic age · nuclear fallout
dropping the bombstanding down
Relinquishing a position
ceasefire · nuclear disarmament · pulling back · de-escalating · holding fire
dropping the bombconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
hand-to-hand combat · surgical strike · ground combat · ground invasion · diplomatic solution
dropping the bombdiplomatic solution
Conflict resolved through envoys
peaceful resolution · surrendering · mediation · reconciliation
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