"review bomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: review bombs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} review bomb (plural review bombs)
  1. (Internet) A deluge of negative user reviews. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Hypernyms: vote brigading
    Sense id: en-review_bomb-en-noun-GQVbiZwq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Verb

Forms: review bombs [present, singular, third-person], review bombing [participle, present], review bombed [participle, past], review bombed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} review bomb (third-person singular simple present review bombs, present participle review bombing, simple past and past participle review bombed)
  1. (Internet) To give something a deluge of negative user reviews. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-review_bomb-en-verb-fjRDUu2R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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