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Bombardment

//bɑmbɑɹdmənt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of bombing, especially towns or cities. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an attack by dropping bombs wordnet
  3. 3
    Heavy artillery fire. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) wordnet
  5. 5
    The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target wordnet
  2. 7
    An onslaught of criticism etc. countable, figuratively, uncountable
  3. 8
    the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) wordnet

Etymology

From bombard + -ment.

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