About The Word Bombardment
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Bombardment
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What's The Definition Of Bombardment?
[n] an attack by dropping bombs
[n] the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) [n] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bombardment: barrage | barrage fire | battery | bombing | shelling Related Terms | Find terms related to Bombardment: air raid | alpha decay | atom-chipping | atomic disintegration | atomic reaction | atomization | atom-smashing | beta decay | blitz | blitzkrieg | breeding | broadside | bullet | burst | cannonade | chain reaction | cleavage | disintegration series | dissociation | drumfire | exchange reaction | fission | fission reaction | fusillade | gamma decay | hail | ionization | lightning attack | lightning war | neutron reaction | nonreversible reaction | nuclear fission | nucleization | photodisintegration | proton gun | proton reaction | reversible reaction | salvo | shower | splitting the atom | stimulation | strafe | strafing | target | thermonuclear reaction | volley See Also | attack | bombing run | fire | firing | onrush | onset | onslaught | radiation Bombardment In Webster's Dictionary \Bom*bard"ment\, n. [F. bombardement.]
An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot
shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into
a town or fortified place.
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