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Bombshell Divided Party Holding Power Crossword Clue

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noun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

verb

• attack or hit with torpedoes

31%5 Frequently used to describe a bombshell
adjective

• being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

noun

• a person with fair skin and hair

• a light grayish yellow to near white

31%5 Famous Italian bombshell
noun

• Italian film actress (born in 1934)

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