bombardment
Other forms: bombardments
When a lot of bombs fall on a city or area, it is a bombardment. But a bombardment can also mean a pummeling with lots of other things: questions, spit balls, or e-mails.
During the early stages of a war, the capital city of the country under attack may suffer a severe bombardment meant to bring on a quick surrender. If there are many casualties or the citizens of the country are treated brutally by the occupying force, military officials may find themselves under a bombardment of questions and accusations about how the war was handled.
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an attack by dropping bombssynonyms: bombingtypes:bombing runthat part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombsarea bombing, carpet bombing, saturation bombingan extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large targetdive-bombinga bombing run in which the bomber releases the bomb while flying straight toward the targetloft bombing, toss bombinga bombing run in which the bomber approaches the target at a low altitude and pulls up just before releasing the bomb
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the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
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the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)type of:radiationthe act of spreading outward from a central source
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the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)“a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake”synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouringtype of:language, linguistic communicationa systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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