Bombing

//ˈbɒmɪŋ//

Synonyms for "bombing" (28 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

air cover air raid air support area bombing blitz

Noun(1 words)

bombardment

Strong matches (8)

carpet bombing cover dive-bombing dry run high-altitude bombing low-altitude bombing milk run mission

Related words (14)

precision bombing reconnaissance reconnaissance mission saturation bombing scramble shuttle bombing shuttle raid skip-bombing sortie strafing strategic bombing tactical bombing training mission umbrella

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

attack onrush onset onslaught sabotage

derived

18 entries

Bombingham R-bombing Zoombombing axe bombing bombing run carpet bombing loft bombing love bombing mail bombing parabombing photobombing skip bombing suicide bombing terror bombing terror-bombing toss bombing

Showing 16 of 18 words.

form of

1 entries

bomb

has context

1 entries

terrorism

is a

2 entries

attack sabotage

related to

2 entries

bomb detonating

Translations

75 translations across 49 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

bombardim noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Arabic

2 entries

تَفْجِير noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
قَصْف noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Armenian

1 entries

ռմբակոծություն noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bombalama noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombardman noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Belarusian

4 entries

бамбардава́нне noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бамбардзіро́ўка noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бамбёжка noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
тэра́кт noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Bulgarian

2 entries

бомбарди́ране noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бомбардиро́вка noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Catalan

1 entries

bombardeig noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

投彈 /投弹 noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
轟擊 /轰击 noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
轟炸 /轰炸 noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Czech

1 entries

bombardování noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Danish

1 entries

bombardement noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Dutch

1 entries

bombardement noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Estonian

1 entries

pommitamine noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Finnish

2 entries

pommitus noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
pommitus noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

French

1 entries

bombardement noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Georgian

2 entries

დაბომბვა noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
დაყუმბარება noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

German

3 entries

Bombardierung noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
Bombenanschlag noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)
Bombenanschläge noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Greek

1 entries

βομβαρδισμός noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Hindi

1 entries

बमबारी noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Hungarian

1 entries

bombázás noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Icelandic

1 entries

sprengjuárás noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Italian

1 entries

bombardamento noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Japanese

1 entries

爆撃 noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Kazakh

1 entries

бомбалау noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Korean

1 entries

폭격 noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

бомбалоо noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Latvian

1 entries

bombardēšana noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Lithuanian

1 entries

bombardavimas noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Macedonian

1 entries

бомбарди́рање noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Marathi

2 entries

बाँबफेक noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
बाँबवर्षाव noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Norman

1 entries

bombéthie noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

bombing noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombing noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bombing noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombing noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Persian

1 entries

بمباران noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Polish

1 entries

bombardowanie noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Portuguese

1 entries

bombardeio noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Romanian

1 entries

bombardament noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Russian

4 entries

бомбардиро́вка noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бомбомета́ние noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бомбёжка noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
тера́кт noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

bombardovanje noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бомбардовање noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Slovak

1 entries

bombardovanie noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Slovene

1 entries

bombardiranje noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Spanish

1 entries

bombardeo noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Swedish

4 entries

bombattentat noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)
bombning noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombning noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)
sprängattentat noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Tajik

1 entries

бомбаборон noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Thai

1 entries

การทิ้งระเบิด noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Turkish

2 entries

bombalama noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombardıman noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Ukrainian

3 entries

бомбардува́ння noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
бомбува́ння noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
тера́кт noun (action of placing and detonating bombs)

Urdu

1 entries

بمباری noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Uzbek

2 entries

bombardimon noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)
bombardirovka noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Vietnamese

1 entries

việc ném bom noun (action of dropping bombs from the air)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The citizens staggered under the heavy bombing.

Source: tatoeba (246194)

The U.N. has condemned the Somalia suicide bombing that took the lives of at least 33 people on Tuesday, including six members of Parliament.

Source: tatoeba (478548)

He completed many dangerous bombing raids.

Source: tatoeba (803207)

3 Malay nationals and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.

Source: tatoeba (958063)

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