bomb thrower

English

Noun

bomb thrower (plural bomb throwers)

1. One who throws bombs.
2. (politics, by extension) A radical agitator; a firebrand.
   • 2024 November 14, Linda Feldmann, Henry Gass, “Trump’s eye-popping Cabinet picks show his top priority: Loyalty”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     And most eye-popping of all, Rep. Matt Gaetz – a political bomb-thrower who has faced federal and congressional investigations into alleged unsavory personal conduct – is now President-elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general.

Alternative forms

• bomb-thrower