bombardment
/bɑmbɑɹdmənt/noun3 syllables
Bombardment means: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.
Synonyms for bombardment7
noun, as in the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
noun, as in the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
noun, as in an attack by dropping bombs
What does bombardment mean?4
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 rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)“a barrage of questions”
an attack by dropping bombs
the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Bombardment in a sentence
- With constant bombardment, we can't go out.Amastan
- Nothing would escape a Chinese bombardment in Taiwan.Amastan
- The bridge was destroyed by bombardment.rul
- I would miss food stalls, the lilt of the Thai language, the constant bombardment of cheesy advertisements.Cangarejo
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of bombardment
as a noun
- plural
- bombardments