bombed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of bomb.

   Enemy aircraft bombed the harbor before dawn.

   Several coastal cities were bombed repeatedly throughout the conflict.

   Note

   One spelling does double duty as simple past and past participle, so the surrounding words tell them apart: the planes bombed the port, the port had been bombed, the port was bombed. Every sense of the verb carries over, including the informal ones: kids bombed into the pool, a car bombed down the road. The reflexive slang use, to bomb oneself, sits right beside the "drunk" adjective.

2. 2
   adjectiveslang

   Heavily intoxicated, whether from alcohol or drugs.

   By midnight half the guests were thoroughly bombed.

   He showed up to the meeting still bombed from the night before.

   Similardrunk, wasted, smashed, hammered, plastered

   Oppositesober

   Note

   Slang for heavy intoxication that behaves like a true adjective. It takes degrees (more bombed, most bombed) and pairs easily with get: we got bombed on a bottle of whisky. Drugs count as much as drink. Keep it to casual talk among friends. Its nearest relative is the reflexive slang verb behind the past-tense form, not the air raid.

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