English-German translations for bombshell

• Bombe die
  Da platzt die Bombe: Ihnen wird Knall auf Fall gekündigt. It was then that the bombshell was dropped and they were summarily dismissed.
  Herr Präsident, die Agenda 2000 der Kommission, über die heute vormittag in so positiven Worten gesprochen wurde, hat - so habe ich den Eindruck - in der Türkei wie eine Bombe eingeschlagen. Mr President, it appears to me that the Commission's Agenda 2000 document, which has been received so favourably here this morning, has landed as a kind of bombshell in Turkey.
• Paukenschlag
• Sexbombe die

Definition of bombshell

• A bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact
• Someone who is very attractive; sex symbol

Examples

• Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

Related words

• bomb
• A-bomb
• H-bomb
• bombing
• bombastic
• bombardier
• bomber
• bombard
• bombast
• firebomb