bombshell

Definition

Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.

Etymology

From bomb + shell.

Example Sentences

• "Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children."
• "U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its Palestinian inhabitants has made the forced transfer of populations – a war crime – a policy discussion, galvanizing Arab states."
• "Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell"