Bombardment

Word BOMBARDMENT
Character 11
Hyphenation bom bard ment
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Bombardment"

What do we mean by bombardment?

The act of bombing, especially towns or cities

Heavy artillery fire

The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance

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The word "bombardment" in example sentences

Although, in the very touristy areas, the bombardment is a constant reminder of Saigon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Orbital bombardment is a wonderful way to destroy a planet or the culture on it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Thus, micrometeorite bombardment is an extremely important piece of the rings 'evolutionary puzzle because these impurities cause them to darken over time. ❋ SETI Institute (2010)

At 3: 30 in the afternoon, the bombardment from the artillery by land and on the river, began. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although the possibility of mach-20+ over-the-horizon bombardment is kind of scary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As a heavy particle with no charge, it could be used as a powerful projectile in bombardment experiments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hope's gunboats came under heavy bombardment from the Chinese batteries, and one, the Plover, lost thirty-one out of her crew of forty, her commander was killed, the admiral was wounded, and the remaining nine seamen were fighting their guns against hopeless odds. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1985)

This means that the number of effective collisions during a bombardment is minute - it is calculated that one hit occurs in ten million shots, that is out of ten million alpha particles. ❋ Unknown (1966)

The night or the portion of night spent here was marked by a most terrific bombardment from the air. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Fort Donelson attacked, 13th Feb. That night the gunboats arrived, and soon the bombardment from the river began. ❋ Henrietta Elizabeth (1917)

Huts were established in partially destroyed buildings or houses or stores that had been vacated by their owners, and on the extreme front canteens were established in dugouts and cellars and the entire district was under bombardment from the German guns as well as from the airplane bombs. ❋ Grace Livingston Hill (1906)

France he watched the artillery preparation at Helles and (although we had thought it rather grand) says we simply don't know what the word bombardment means. ❋ Ian Hamilton (1900)

This bombardment is described as having been incessant during the greater part of that day, and the guns of the fort were either silenced or the commander of the garrison was convinced of the inutility of firing upon the Federal ironclads. ❋ Unknown (1865)

On the 29th of June, the bombardment from the French camp was very heavy, shells and grenades falling in every part of the city. ❋ Margaret Fuller (1830)

"A long-term bombardment by peripheral pain can elicit plastic changes in the central brain as a reactive adaptation," Hsieh explained. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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