bomb out

transitive verb

1

: to subject (a target, such as an industrial center) to bombing so that continued operation or inhabitation of the bombed objective is impossible

a munitions factory which was bombed out early in the war

2

: to force out of a dwelling or place of business by bombing : make homeless by bombing

millions of people were bombed out

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