"love-bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love-bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love-bomb (plural love-bombs)
  1. Alternative spelling of love bomb Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: love bomb Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-love-bomb-en-noun-30zZd9CO Disambiguation of Love: 72 28

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. (transitive) To be exceptionally loving to; to bestow a lot of love on, especially to gain influence on a person. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-love-bomb-en-verb-QTFQAszE 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: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81

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