Look up: Bombardment

1. bombardment
   [n] - the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
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2. Bombardment
   Bom·bard'ment noun [ French 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.
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3. Bombardment
   • (n.) 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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4. bombardment
   bombardment 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.
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5. Bombardment
   A bombardment is an attack with bombs or shells upon a fortress, town, or any position held by an enemy. Formerly bombardments were generally carried out from the sea, with the advent of large land-based guns and aircraft, bombardments became possible from land and air positions also.
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6. Bombardment
   A `bombardment` is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings. In its strict sense the term is only applied to the bombardment of defenceless or undefended objects, houses, public buildings, etc., by an assailant with the object of disheartening his op...
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