Bombardment

Bom-bard′ment

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Noun.

[F.

bombardement

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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.

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Noun.

An attack with bombs; the act of throwing bombs into a town, fort or ship.

bombardment ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bombardments)

the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
heavy artillery fire
(physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance

act of bombing, esp towns or cities

Korean: 포격 (ko) ‎(pogyeok)
Norman: bombardement m (Jersey)
Persian: بمباردمان ‎(bombârdemân)
Portuguese: bombardeamento (pt), bombardeio
Romanian: bombardament (ro), bombardare (ro) f
Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f ‎(bombardiróvka), бомбёжка (ru) f ‎(bombjóžka)
Spanish: bombardeo (es) m
Swedish: bombning c
Tagalog: pagtampol
Ukrainian: бомбардува́ння (uk) n ‎(bombarduvánnja), бомбува́ння (uk) n ‎(bombuvánnja)

heavy artillery fire

Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) ‎(bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) ‎(hōgeki)
Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f ‎(bombardiróvka), артобстре́л (ru) m ‎(artobstrél), артиллери́йский обстре́л m ‎(artilleríjskij obstrél), канона́да (ru) f ‎(kanonáda)
Tagalog: tampol

incidence of stream of high-energy particles