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bombardment
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bombardment
n.
shelling, gunfire; bombing
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Bombardment
A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft on fortifications, combatants, or towns and buildings.
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bombardment
Noun
1. the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
(hypernym) radiation
2. 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"
(synonym) barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling
(hypernym) fire, firing
3. an attack by dropping bombs
(synonym) bombing
(hypernym) attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
(hyponym) bombing run
(derivation) bombard, bomb
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bombardment
Rzecz.
bombardowanie
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Bombardment
(n.)
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.
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.
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