Synonyms for bombardment
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1. barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaughtnoun

   the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

   "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

   Synonyms:
   battery, onrush, overflow, spring, fountain, onset, shelling, discharge, gush, onslaught, flood, run, attack, barrage, bombing, natural spring, barrage fire, outpouring, flush, outflow

2. barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shellingnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   barrage fire, barrage, outpouring, stamp battery, electric battery, onslaught, shelling, assault and battery, battery, bombing

3. bombardmentnoun

   the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)

   Synonyms:
   battery, outpouring, bombing, barrage fire, shelling, onslaught, barrage

4. bombing, bombardmentnoun

   an attack by dropping bombs

   Synonyms:
   barrage fire, barrage, outpouring, onslaught, shelling, battery, bombing

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1. • Attack
   • Fire
   • Radiation

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1. dodgeball

   to strike a player with a rubber ball. while the person without the ball runs away.

   during bombardment i was the second person out.

   Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

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1. bombardmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   attack with bombs

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1. List of paraphrases for "bombardment":

   bombing, shelling, bombed, bombarded, strikes, strike, shelled, bombings, airstrike, bombard, bomber, gunfire, bomb

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How to use bombardment in a sentence?

1. Ali Hassan:

   We had sleepless nights due to the bombardment in Sanaa.

2. Abdul Rahim Duhaik:

   There's no end to the aerial observation and the bombardment, people are busy digging shelters. No one has any intention of leaving. We will die in our land rather than be evicted.

3. The Security Council:

   The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern at the continued high level of violence in Syria and condemned all violence directed against civilians and civilian infrastructure, including medical facilities, they expressed outrage at all attacks against civilians, as well as indiscriminate attacks, including those involving shelling and aerial bombardment, such as the use of barrel bombs, which have reportedly been extensively used in recent days in Aleppo.

4. Mahmoud Rashid:

   When someone looks at an article that's anti-Islamic or a video that shows a grooming gang( a group who takes advantage of vulnerable young people, often for sexual exploitation) what happens is that automatically it's' Muslims are doing this,' if there's a constant bombardment of messages that Islam is evil.

5. Mouaz Moustafa:

   People in Syria are used to barrel bombs, chemical weapons attacks, heavy artillery, shelling, Russian bombardment, ISIS, the list goes on about how vulnerable these displaced people are.