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Definition of bomb scare noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bomb scare

noun
 
/ˈbɒm skeə(r)/
 
/ˈbɑːm sker/
(also bomb threat especially in North American English)
(British English also bomb alert)
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  1. an occasion when somebody says that they have put a bomb somewhere and everyone has to leave the area
    • The building was evacuated after a bomb scare.
See bomb scare in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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