- bombardment
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Bombardment — 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. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bombardment — index barrage, discharge (shot), onset (assault) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bombardment — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ constant, continuous ▪ heavy, intense, massive ▪ aerial, air, artillery, naval … Collocations dictionary
bombardment — UK [bɒmˈbɑː(r)dmənt] / US [bɑmˈbɑrdmənt] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms bombardment : singular bombardment plural bombardments 1) an attack on a place made by dropping bombs from planes or by firing large guns for a long time There was… … English dictionary
Bombardment — A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings. In its strict sense the term is only applied to the bombardment of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings, etc., by… … Wikipedia
bombardment — bom|bard|ment [ bam bardmənt ] noun count or uncount 1. ) an attack on a place made by dropping bombs from airplanes or by firing large guns for a long time: There was much anger over the bombardment of the capital city. aerial/artillery… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bombardment — [[t]bɒ̱mbɑ͟ː(r)dmənt[/t]] bombardments 1) N VAR: usu with supp A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing. The city has been flattened by heavy artillery bombardments... The capital is still under constant bombardment… … English dictionary
bombardment — n. 1) to conduct a bombardment 2) air; intensive bombardment * * * [bɒm bɑːdmənt] intensive air to conduct a bombardment … Combinatory dictionary
bombardment — bom|bard|ment [bɔmˈba:dmənt US ba:mˈba:rd ] n [U and C] a continuous attack on a place by big guns and bombs ▪ The bombardment continued for a terrible nine hours. aerial/artillery/naval bombardment (=attack from the air, land, or sea) ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bombardment — noun (U) a continuous attack on a place by big guns and bombs: Sarajevo is coming under heavy bombardment from Serb forces. | aerial bombardment (=attack by planes dropping bombs) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bombardment — apšaudymas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. bombardment vok. Beschießung, f; Beschuß, m; Bombardierung, f rus. бомбардировка, f pranc. bombardement, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
