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Bombardment

noun

The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written). Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring. "A bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target. Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling. "The shelling went on for hours without pausing"

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

An attack by dropping bombs. Synonym: bombing.

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"Bombardment" Quotes from Famous Books

... out of the city, but unfortunately at one of the dangerous crossroads our chauffeur mistook the route. A heavy bombardment was taking place and the French were replying. We were lucky enough to get on to the route and into safety before any shell fell near us. It appears that the Germans systematically bombard the roads at night, hoping to destroy the camions ...

— The White Road to Verdun • Kathleen Burke

... England, and it was not until early in June that it arrived at Chignecto. To aid the expedition Captain Rous[32] was sent with a small squadron to the Bay of Fundy. The details of the seige of Fort Beausejour need not here be given, suffice it to say that after four days' bombardment the Sieur de Vergor was obliged, on the 16th June, to surrender to ...

— Glimpses of the Past - History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 • W. O. Raymond

... restocking the Macedonian villages depleted or destroyed during the campaign of 1912. As for the small shopkeepers of Flanders any member of the British Expeditionary Force will tell you that they are at present so prosperous that even a German bombardment will hardly drive ...

— The World in Chains - Some Aspects of War and Trade • John Mavrogordato

... 17th of October the bombardment commenced. The French and English had 117 guns in position, the Russians 130. The fire commenced at half-past six. By 8.40 a French magazine at the extreme right blew up, killing and wounding 100 men, while the French fire at this part was crushed by that of the Russians opposed ...

— Jack Archer • G. A. Henty

... the English and French squadrons there, but some Italian ships of war had arrived, and a United States cruiser; and on the 7th of July, Sir Beauchamp Seymour sent in a decisive message, that he should commence a bombardment of the fort unless the strengthening of the fortifications was, at once, abandoned. No heed was taken of the intimation and, three days later, he sent an ultimatum demanding the cessation of work, and the immediate surrender of the forts nearest to the entrance to the harbour; stating that, ...

— With Kitchener in the Soudan - A Story of Atbara and Omdurman • G. A. Henty

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