Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bombardment"
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) 1.7 (wn)
bombardment
n 1: the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance
to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or
alpha rays)
2: 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"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: {barrage}, {barrage fire}, {battery},
{shelling}]
3: an attack by dropping bombs [syn: {bombing}]
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