bomb threat
noun
: a message saying that a bomb is located in a particular place
Someone called in a bomb threat, so the building was evacuated.
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Phoenix police detained a man after National Guard members mistook him for bringing unexploded ordnance to the Papago Park Military Reservation for disposal as a bomb threat.
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
That can be an active shooter call, bomb threat or any other violent crime.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Davis police are debunking information posted on a community website of an active bomb threat in the city as unfounded and from a two-year-old social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Plesa continued to grant interviews and hold press conferences, including one with Dick Durbin, the senator from Illinois, which had been postponed because of the first bomb threat.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
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Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
That can be an active shooter call, bomb threat or any other violent crime.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
Davis police are debunking information posted on a community website of an active bomb threat in the city as unfounded and from a two-year-old social media post.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Plesa continued to grant interviews and hold press conferences, including one with Dick Durbin, the senator from Illinois, which had been postponed because of the first bomb threat.
—Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Bomb threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20threat. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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