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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Can there be a silent bomb?
gpt
Bombs work by transmitting mechanical stress through solids or the atmosphere. Pressure waves in the air is how we sense sound, so any kind of detonation with the potential to cause destruction in this way will produce sound. 

Edit: if you're talking about a broad definition of 'bomb', a device that releases radiation without an explosion will not necessarily have to produce sound.