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bombardment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bombardment \Bom*bard"ment\, n. [F. bombardement.] 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bombardment n 1: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops" [syn: {barrage}, {barrage fire}, {battery}, {shelling}] 2: an attack by dropping bombs [syn: {bombing}]
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