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bombshell

 
 
/ˈbɒmʃel/ noun [C] informal

Translation

a piece of usually bad news that surprises you very much
birini şaşırtan kötü haber, şaşırtıcı bilgi, belge
He dropped a bombshell by announcing that he was quitting the sport.1211
(Definition of bombshell noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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