Meanings
nounbombardment (countable and uncountable, plural bombardments)
plural bombardments
- countableuncountableThe act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
heavy bombardment
4 more examples
The city suffered heavy bombardment during the conflict.
The building was damaged by weeks of aerial bombardment.
aerial bombardment
artillery bombardment
Synonyms & antonyms
nounHeavy artillery fire.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
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Broader
languagelinguistic communication
nounthe heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans bombardering, bombardering
- bombarderingact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- bombarderingheavy artillery fire
Arabic قَصْف
- قَصْف (qaṣf)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
Bulgarian бомбардиро́вка, бомбардиро́вка
- бомбардиро́вка (bombardiróvka)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- бомбардиро́вка (bombardiróvka)heavy artillery fire
Catalan bombardeig
- bombardeigact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Chinese Mandarin 轟擊 /轰击, 砲擊 /炮击
- 轟擊 /轰击 (hōngjī)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- 砲擊 /炮击 (pàojī)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- 砲擊 /炮击 (pàojī)heavy artillery fire
Dutch bombardement
- bombardementact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Finnish pommitus, tykistökeskitys
- pommitusact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- tykistökeskitysheavy artillery fire
- hiukkaspommitusincidence of stream of high-energy particles
- pommitusincidence of stream of high-energy particles
French bombardement
- bombardementact of bombing, esp towns or cities
German Bombardierung, Bombardement
- Bombardierungact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- Bombardementact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- Beschussheavy artillery fire
Hungarian bombázás
- bombázásact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Icelandic sprengjuárás, sprengjuregn
- sprengjuárásact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- sprengjuregnact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- sprengjuárásheavy artillery fire
- sprengjuregnheavy artillery fire
Italian bombardamento
- bombardamentoact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Japanese 爆撃, 砲撃
- 爆撃 (bakugeki)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- 砲撃 (hōgeki)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- 爆撃 (bakugeki)heavy artillery fire
- 砲撃 (hōgeki)heavy artillery fire
- 衝撃 (shōgeki)incidence of stream of high-energy particles
- 照射 (shōsha)incidence of stream of high-energy particles
Korean 포격
- 포격 (pogyeok)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
Norwegian Bokmål bombardement
- bombardementact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Persian بمباردمان
- بمباردمان (bombârdemân)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
Polish bombardowanie
- bombardowanieact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Portuguese bombardeamento, bombardeio
- bombardeamentoact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- bombardeioact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Romanian bombardament, bombardare
- bombardamentact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- bombardareact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Russian бомбардиро́вка, бомбёжка
- бомбардиро́вка (bombardiróvka)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- бомбёжка (bombjóžka)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- бомбардиро́вка (bombardiróvka)heavy artillery fire
- артобстре́л (artobstrél)heavy artillery fire
- артиллери́йский обстре́л (artilleríjskij obstrél)heavy artillery fire
- канона́да (kanonáda)heavy artillery fire
- бомбардиро́вка (bombardiróvka)incidence of stream of high-energy particles
Slovak bombardovanie
- bombardovanieact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Spanish bombardeo, bombardeo
- bombardeoact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- bombardeoheavy artillery fire
- bombardeoincidence of stream of high-energy particles
Swedish bombning
- bombningact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Tagalog pagtampol, tampol
- pagtampolact of bombing, esp towns or cities
- tampolheavy artillery fire
- tampolincidence of stream of high-energy particles
- pagtampolincidence of stream of high-energy particles
Turkish bombardıman
- bombardımanact of bombing, esp towns or cities
Ukrainian бомбардува́ння, бомбува́ння
- бомбардува́ння (bombarduvánnja)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- бомбува́ння (bombuvánnja)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- бомбардування (bombarduvannja)heavy artillery fire
- артобстріл (artobstril)heavy artillery fire
Yiddish באָמבאַרדירן, באָמבאַרדירן
- באָמבאַרדירן (bombardírn)act of bombing, esp towns or cities
- באָמבאַרדירן (bombardírn)heavy artillery fire
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APA
bombardment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombardment
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“bombardment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombardment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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