bombshell

Noun

1. Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.

   Synonyms: bomb[Appendix:Glossary

2. Something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational.
   • "This—this is a bombshell!" exclaimed the Colonel. "What does it mean?" "Politics," replied Carrados tersely. - 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
   • Singer and Jeffreys had focused their attention on cancer risk, but the bombshell of the report was the danger to children. - 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
   • U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its Palestinian inhabitants has made the forced transfer of populations – a war crime – a policy discussion, galvanizing Arab...
3. Someone who is very attractive; a sex symbol.
   • Diana Dors, the 1950s blonde bombshell
   • The singer once identified by her shock of green hair has gone blonde and full bombshell, swapping her trademark sweats for a style more domme than deb: pink Gucci corset and skirt over Agent Provocateur skivvies,...