bombardment

bom·bard  (bm-bärd, bm-)

tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards

1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.

2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage².

3. To irradiate (an atom).

4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls.

n. (bmbärd)

An early form of cannon that fired stone balls.

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[From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound; see bomb.]

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bom·barder n.

bom·bardment n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bombardment - the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" barrage, onslaught, outpouring language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
	2.	bombardment - 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" barrage fire, shelling, barrage, battery firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
	3.	bombardment - the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) radiation - the act of spreading outward from a central source
	4.	bombardment - an attack by dropping bombs           bombing attack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" 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

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bombardment

noun bombing, attack, fire, assault, shelling, blitz, barrage, flak, strafe, fusillade, cannonade The city has been flattened by regular artillery bombardments.

Translations

bombardment [bɒmˈbɑːdmənt] N (Mil) → bombardeo m

bombardment [ˌbɒmˈbɑː^rdmənt] n → bombardement m

bombardment

n (Mil) → Bombardierung f (also fig), → Bombardement nt; (Phys) → Beschießen nt

bombardment [bɒmˈbɑːdmənt] n → bombardamento