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bombshell

 noun
     
bomb‧shell [countable]
1 an unexpected and very shocking piece of news:
Then came the bombshell: the factory was to close down.
Finally she dropped the bombshell. She was pregnant, she said.
2

blonde bombshell

humorous a sexually attractive woman with light-coloured hair
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