Bombing
['bɒmɪŋ] or ['bɑmɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an attack by dropping bombs.
(noun.) the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists.
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Examples
- In the afternoon they were bombing their own troops with planes. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He heard the first of the planes that had gone over now bombing up above at the pass and more were still coming. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As everyone who stayed in London or the east of England in 1917-18 knows, this means the promiscuous bombing of any and every centre of population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, of course, the bombing of those 'prentice days would be child's play to the bombing of the next war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was eight minutes since he had pushed the lever on the stop watch and there was still no sound of bombing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They drained it in November because it made a mark to sight from when the planes came over for bombing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The knitted cap was on the side of his head and the sun was on his unshaved face as he looked up into the sky toward where the planes were bombing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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