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Noun
/bämˈbärdmənt/,
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bombardments, plural;
  1. A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles
    • - an aerial bombardment will precede the attack
    • - the constant bombardment of advertising
  1. (bombardment) barrage: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
  2. (bombardment) barrage: 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"
  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)
  4. (bombardment) bombing: an attack by dropping bombs
  5. A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings. In its strict sense the term is only applied to the bombardment of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings, etc. ...
  6. (Bombardment (game)) The following is a list of rules variations for the collection of games known as dodgeball in different countries and/or states.
  7. (Bombardment) An act of self defense exhibited by New World tarantulas, in which they fling urticating hairs into the air by rapidly rubbing their abdomen with a back leg.
  8. (BOMBARDMENT) To fire cannons on a certain area for an extended time
  9. (16’ Bombardment) Large caliber pedal stop. It is wise to buy only the smokeless powder version of this stop. Its biggest disadvantage is the necessity to reload in the middle of long bass passages.
  10. (Bombardment) A heavy assault or attack of artillery
  11. (Bombardment) A program of target engagement. A bombardment might vary from an attack on a single target to a lengthy engagement of multiple targets over hours or even days. The aim of a bombardment is to cause both physical damage and to lower the enemy's morale. ...
  12. (Bombardment) Process of directing a beam of neutrons or high-energy charged particles onto a target material in order to produce nuclear reactions.