bombing, bombardment
(noun) an attack by dropping bombs
bombing
(noun) the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bombing (plural bombings)
The action of dropping bombs from the air.
The action of placing and detonating bombs.
bombing
present participle of bomb
• mobbing
Source: Wiktionary
Bomb, n. Etym: [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. .]
1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.
3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion.
– Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel.
– Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing.
– Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.
Bomb, v. t.
Definition: To bombard. [Obs.] Prior.
Bomb, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Boom.]
Definition: To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
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