[
US
/bɑmˈbɑɹdmənt/
]
[ UK /bəmbˈɑːdmənt/ ]
[ UK /bəmbˈɑːdmənt/ ]
NOUN
- the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
- an attack by dropping bombs
-
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
a barrage of questions -
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 shelling went on for hours without pausing
How To Use bombardment In A Sentence
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- Today's report says the bombardment of children with messages of what is cool pits children against each other and their parents.
- Heavy shelling and bombardment rocked Somalias restive capital Mogadishu on Sunday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people Drag to Playlist WN.com - Business News
- Worse yet, their presence frequently meant indiscriminate artillery bombardments against innocent villages suspected of harboring the Vietcong.
- The countryside of Pisa had been ravaged by aerial bombardments and artillery barrages, leaving only a wilderness of roofless houses and smoking craters.
- —Thousands of visitors from all over the world are expected to flock this month to Charleston, S.C. for a re-enactment of the bombardment of Fort Sumter, commemorating the beginning of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Reliving First Shots of Civil War
- I have sustained a continual Bombardment of increased high-stakes testing and accountability-related bureaucracy and a cannonade of gross underfunding for 10 years at least and have lost several good men and women. Texas district schools chief issues plea in Alamo-like letter
- Five destroyers were detached to carry out a bombardment of the port.
- The bombardment includes the use of fuel-air explosives, cluster bombs, bunker-busting bombs and carpet-bombing.
- I strongly feel that your campaign stirs up unnecessary resentment towards a service that has received a constant bombardment of criticism.
