Synonyms for bombardment
bom·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

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1. • Attack
   • Fire
   • Radiation

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1. dodgeball

   to strike a player with a rubber ball. while the person without the ball runs away.

   during bombardment i was the second person out.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. bombardmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack with bombs

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1. List of paraphrases for "bombardment":

   bombing, shelling, bombed, bombarded, strikes, strike, shelled, bombings, airstrike, bombard, bomber, gunfire, bomb

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1. David Kring:

   It is an extraordinary find that helps paint a better picture of early Earth and the bombardment that modified our planet during the dawn of life.

2. Abdul Rahim Duhaik:

   They want to open up the road from Homs (north) to Hama. There's no end to the aerial observation and the bombardment, people are busy digging shelters. No one has any intention of leaving. We will die in our land rather than be evicted.

3. Carl Alwmark:

   If we start finding even more of these larger craters, then you should start speculating about whether this [bombardment] could have had a profound impact on the evolution of Earth's biology.

4. 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.

5. George Sabra:

   There must be a halt to the bombardment of civilians by Russian planes, and sieges of blockaded areas must be lifted, the form of the talks does not concern us, but the conditions must be appropriate for the negotiations.