bombardingn.
/bɒmˈbɑːdɪŋ/ An assailing with shot and shell; a bombardment.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment
battery1548
cannonade1562
cannonading1637
bombarding1687
bomb battery1695
bombardment1702
cannon fire1725
bombard1807
shelling1860
hate1915
barrage1916
box barrage1916
creeping barrage1916
area bombardment1918
area shoot1919
shoot1941
stonk1944
1687 London Gaz. No. 2226/2 The preparations for the Bombarding of Agria.
1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 33 The present Perfection of Gunnery, Cannoneering, Bombarding.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 357 There were more murders and more bombardings yet.
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