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cherry bomb

noun

  1. a red, globe-shaped firecracker with a long fuse and high explosive capability.


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Origin of cherry bomb1

First recorded in 1950–55
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“It’s maybe an M-80 or a cherry bomb, but the explosion wasn’t just like a firecracker or an M-80, it actually had some pyrotechnics to it, so it was fairly large.â€

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“This was not just a cherry bomb,†Thomas said.

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After the band finished one of her newer songs, a euphoric disco cherry bomb called Tomorrow, she carried on the chorus a capella, apparently having the time of her life.

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“It is unlikely, let me just be perfectly candid, that police can chase down every cherry bomb that pops up in the District of Columbia,†Bowser said.

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Social justice activist Bill Fletcher Jr called the proposed tactic a “cherry bomb†because it created noise, “while producing nothing but smokeâ€.

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