BOMBARDMENT

bombing, bombardment

(noun) an attack by dropping bombs

bombardment

(noun) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)

barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling

(noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; “they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops”; “the shelling went on for hours without pausing”

barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught

(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); “a barrage of questions”; “a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bombardment (countable and uncountable, plural bombardments)

the act of bombing, especially towns or cities

heavy artillery fire

(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance

Source: Wiktionary

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Bom*bard"ment, n. Etym: [F. bombardement.]

Definition: An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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