"love bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love bomb (plural love bombs)
  1. An attempt to influence a person by lavish demonstrations of attention and affection.
    Sense id: en-love_bomb-en-noun-FBW7UqvD

Verb

Forms: love bombs [present, singular, third-person], love bombing [participle, present], love bombed [participle, past], love bombed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} love bomb (third-person singular simple present love bombs, present participle love bombing, simple past and past participle love bombed)
  1. Alternative form of love-bomb Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: love-bomb Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: lovebomb, love-bomb Related terms: love bombing [noun]
    Sense id: en-love_bomb-en-verb-olV3oRdP Disambiguation of Love: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

Inflected forms

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