bomb site

British

noun

an area where the buildings have been destroyed by bombs

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The naughty boys who played on bomb sites resented the legend of heroism but took pride in capturing the flag.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kurdish authorities in north and northeastern Syria on Saturday ordered a curfew for the Raqa region "until further notice", as government forces advanced and threatened to bomb sites in the area.

From Barron's

It was built on a former bomb site and designed by architects W H Rogers and Sir Howard Robertson.

From BBC

"I don't think it would have happened from any area other than Aston with all of those foundries and factories and the smelts and the bomb sites," he adds.

From BBC

We rely heavily on local Palestinian journalists working with us to access information about deadly attacks - interviewing witnesses as well as visiting bomb sites and hospital mortuaries to film footage, which is shared with us.

From BBC

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