bomb
noun
a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
had been bombing
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past perfect progressiveof bomb.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The Americans, who had been bombing Iwo Jima from the air and sea since December, needed to capture the island so the military could use it for refueling and emergency landings.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2020
For three years the Japanese had been bombing China from the coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Number Nine Platoon had been bombing, hacking, and digging all day.
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay
