Bombardment
[bɒm'bɑːdm(ə)nt] or [bɑm'bɑrdmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays).
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Ronda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Attack with bombs.
Checked by Kathy
Examples
- We expected a bombardment but it did not come. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The bombardment started to the south below the long wooded ridge where the Austrian guns were concentrated. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- And nothing to start until the commencement of the bombardment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Manera said he hoped it would come before the bombardment started. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He would call the airfield directly and get the bombardment cancelled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There will be an aerial bombardment as preparation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The bombardment commenced early on the morning of the 12th, but there was no further engagement during this day than that of the artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They did not come again and it was quieter and between the gusts of wind and rain we could hear the sound of a great bombardment far to the north. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The army in Metz capitulated in October; Paris, after a siege and bombardment, surrendered in January, 1871. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That no one should make a move nor fire a shot nor throw a bomb until the noise of the bombardment comes, Robert Jordan said softly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After a severe bombardment of Spanish Fort, a part of its line was carried on the 8th of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was quiet for a moment still, then from all the guns behind us the bombardment started. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- On the 9th, Fort Morgan was invested, and, after a severe bombardment, surrendered on the 23d. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I mean the endurance of bombardments, the necessity to attack, the life of the parapet. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Abraham