Antonyms for bombardmentbom·bard·ment

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1. barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaughtnoun

   the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

   "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

   Synonyms:
   battery, onrush, overflow, spring, fountain, onset, shelling, discharge, gush, onslaught, flood, run, attack, barrage, bombing, natural spring, barrage fire, outpouring, flush, outflow

2. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingnoun

   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:
   barrage fire, barrage, outpouring, stamp battery, electric battery, onslaught, shelling, assault and battery, battery, bombing

3. bombardmentnoun

   the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)

   Synonyms:
   battery, outpouring, bombing, barrage fire, shelling, onslaught, barrage

4. bombing, bombardmentnoun

   an attack by dropping bombs

   Synonyms:
   barrage fire, barrage, outpouring, onslaught, shelling, battery, bombing

How to use bombardment in a sentence?

1. Abu Ahmed:

   What changed for us was the huge, abnormal size, and intensity of the bombardment.

2. Philip Luther:

   There is strong evidence that Israeli forces committed war crimes in their relentless and massive bombardment of residential areas of Rafah in order to foil the capture of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, displaying a shocking disregard for civilian lives, they carried out a series of disproportionate or otherwise indiscriminate attacks, which they have completely failed to investigate independently.

3. Philip Luther:

   Widespread atrocities, in particular the vicious and unrelenting aerial bombardment of civilian neighbourhoods by government forces, have made life for civilians in Aleppo increasingly unbearable, these reprehensible and continual strikes on residential areas point to a policy of deliberately and systematically targeting civilians in attacks that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.

4. Staffan de Mistura:

   We see a full-scale ground offensive and aerial bombardment, as well as exchanges of fire from both sides.

5. Kassem Eid:

   I just want to tell President Donald Trump directly : I'm a Syrian refugee who survived chemical weapons attacks, who lived under two years of siege and bombardment by The Syrian government, i would love to, like, buy you a beer, and just sit in front of you and tell you how bad it is in Syria.

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