love-bomb

See also: lovebomb and love bomb

English

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɐvbɔm/
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Verb

love-bomb (third-person singular simple present love-bombs, present participle love-bombing, simple past and past participle love-bombed)

  1. (transitive) To be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person.
    • 2022, Mimi Zhu, Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection, Penguin, →ISBN, page xxiv:
      He love-bombed me and sent me excessive words of affirmation. He told me I was special, that I was the only one in the world whom he had ever loved and would ever love.
    • 2022, E. J. Frost, Quaternion‎[1], →ISBN:
      You love-bombed me until I was so full of love, I gave it back to you.

Translations

Translations

Noun

love-bomb (plural love-bombs)

  1. Alternative spelling of love bomb.
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