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Bombardment

Bombardment Meaning & Definition
Bombardment Definition And Meaning

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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