"look like a bomb has hit it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks like a bomb has hit it [present, singular, third-person], looking like a bomb has hit it [participle, present], looked like a bomb had hit it [participle, past], looked like a bomb had hit it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|look<> like a bomb has<has,has,had> hit it}} look like a bomb has hit it (third-person singular simple present looks like a bomb has hit it, present participle looking like a bomb has hit it, simple past and past participle looked like a bomb had hit it)
  1. (simile, informal, of a place) to be very messy. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: look like a bomb's hit it Related terms: look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

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