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bombardment
[bom-bahrd-muhnt]
noun
a continuous or sustained attack, as with bombs or artillery fire.
The rebel attacks were followed by government counterattacks that included airstrikes and artillery bombardment.
The moon’s surface bears the scars of countless impact craters caused by the asteroid bombardment it has suffered over the eons.
an overwhelming quantity or barrage of something.
We are all fed up with the incessant preelection bombardment of campaign mailers.
Entering the stadium, you are immediately hit with a sensory bombardment: the buzz and crackle of massive television monitors, the smell of over-priced hotdogs and nachos.
Physics., the act or action of directing particles or radiation against something, such as a nucleus.
In a conventional cathode-ray tube, the inside coating of the faceplate emits light in response to electron bombardment.
Neutron bombardment of the uranium in the fuel converts some of it to plutonium, which is fissionable.
Word History and Origins
Origin of bombardment1
Example Sentences
Ukrainian cities including Kyiv have come under repeated heavy Russian bombardment with drones and missiles.
She will join her sister in Zaporizhzhia, a southern city that came under Russian bombardment that same night.
Hunger and disease has spread across the city as residents contend with constant bombardment and dwindling food and medical supplies.
Taking advantage of the ceasefire, Raja Salmi walked back to her home in Gaza City, where weeks of Israeli bombardment and ground operations had targeted areas said to harbour thousands of Hamas fighters.
Around 700,000 people from Gaza City and the north were displaced by the Israeli offensive, which saw intense aerial bombardment and the entry of troops into some neighbourhoods.
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