bombshell

bomb +‎ shell

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bombshell (plural bombshells)

1. A bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact.
2. (figurative) Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
   • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:

     Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children.

3. (by extension) Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.

   Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell

   • 2021 May 4, Ruth La Ferla, “On That Bombshell Billie Eilish Cover for British Vogue”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The singer once identified by her shock of green hair has gone blonde and full bombshell, swapping her trademark sweats for a style more domme than deb: pink Gucci corset and skirt over Agent Provocateur skivvies, accessorized with latex gloves and leggings.