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| | Bomb |
 | | A bomb is an explosive device which, although not containing more energy than ordinary fuel, except in the case of a nuclear weapon, generates and releases its energy very rapidly, as a violent, destructive shock wave. |
 | | These are first and foremost weapons; the term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes, such as construction or mining, although the people using the devices may or may not sometimes refer to them as bombs. |
 | | A bomb may also be positioned in advance and concealed, for example in a garbage container, car or truck as a car bomb, or by the roadside in a roadside bomb, in a building as a booby trap, or in lugguage in and a vehicle. |
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