Definition

Noun: - Bombs and bullets; lethal weapons: Refers collectively to explosive devices (bombs) and projectiles (bullets, shells), representing the instruments of warfare and destruction. - The dangers of war; the theater of combat: Used metaphorically to describe a war zone or a situation involving extreme danger and violence.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khu vực đó vẫn còn đầy rẫy bom đạn chưa nổ. (That area is still full of unexploded bombs and shells.)
  • Người lính đã dũng cảm xông pha nơi bom đạn. (The soldier bravely charged into the hail of bullets and bombs.)
  • Cuộc chiến để lại hậu quả nặng nề cả về con người lẫn bom đạn. (The war left severe consequences, both in human cost and in ordnance.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a figurative or poetic sense to evoke the perils and devastation of armed conflict.
  • Họ lớn lên trong thời kỳ bom đạn. (They grew up in a time of bombs and bullets / in wartime.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bom (noun): Bomb.
• Đạn (noun): Bullet; ammunition; shell.
• Vũ khí (noun): Weapon.
• Hỏa lực (noun): Firepower.

Synonyms

• Ordnance: Military weapons, ammunition, and equipment.
• Munitions: Military weapons, ammunition, and equipment.
• Armaments: Weapons and military equipment.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Nơi đầu sóng ngọn gió / Nơi bom đạn: Idioms meaning "where the waves and winds are fiercest" / "where the bombs and bullets are," both referring to a dangerous frontline or battle zone.
  • Các chiến sĩ hi sinh nơi đầu sóng ngọn gió. (The soldiers sacrificed themselves at the fierce front.)

noun

1. Bomb and bullet, lethal weapons