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BOMBARDMENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An attack by dropping bombs

Synonyms:

bombardment; bombing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bombardment" is a kind of...):

attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bombardment"):

bombing run (that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs)

area bombing; carpet bombing; saturation bombing (an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target)

Derivation:

bombard (throw bombs at or attack with bombs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bombardment" is a kind of...):

radiation (the act of spreading outward from a central source)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Example:

the shelling went on for hours without pausing

Synonyms:

barrage; barrage fire; battery; bombardment; shelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bombardment" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Example:

a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake

Synonyms:

barrage; bombardment; onslaught; outpouring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bombardment" is a kind of...):

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Derivation:

bombard (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)

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