bombardmentn.

/bɒmˈbɑːrdmənt/

Etymology: < bombard v. + -ment suffix.

1. The process of bombarding; continuous attack upon a place with shot and shell.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment

battery1548

cannonade1562

cannonading1637

bombarding1687

bomb battery1695

bombardment1702

cannon fire1725

bombard1807

shelling1860

hate1915

barrage1916

box barrage1916

creeping barrage1916

area bombardment1918

area shoot1919

shoot1941

stonk1944

1702 London Gaz. No. 3807/3 Which gives us great Apprehensions of a Bombardment.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 402 To destroy these vessels..by means of a bombardment.

1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 23 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 33 The Bombardment answered no purpose whatever, excepting to destroy the town.

2. Physics. Subjection to a stream of particles (see bombard v. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles

bombardment1898

the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > change of one element into another > [noun] > by stream of particles

bombardment1932

the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle accelerator > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles

bombardment1969

1898 J. J. Thomson Discharge Electr. through Gases 191 The thermal effects are readily explained on the corpuscular theory by the heating of the substance by the bombardment with the particles.

1932 Discovery May 139/1 From a bombardment of nitrogen, aluminium and other elements in this way, the alchemist's dream of changing one kind of element into another has been undoubtedly effected on an exceedingly minute scale.

1945 Electronic Engin. 17 669 The use of α-particles as projectiles for nuclear bombardment was responsible for the next great step forward.

1969 Times 5 Feb. 13/6 The Xi particles were formed in the bombardment of a tank of liquid hydrogen with very fast particles emitted by the accelerator.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	bombardment
释义	bombardmentn. /bɒmˈbɑːrdmənt/ Etymology: < bombard v. + -ment suffix. 1. The process of bombarding; continuous attack upon a place with shot and shell. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > bombardment battery1548 cannonade1562 cannonading1637 bombarding1687 bomb battery1695 bombardment1702 cannon fire1725 bombard1807 shelling1860 hate1915 barrage1916 box barrage1916 creeping barrage1916 area bombardment1918 area shoot1919 shoot1941 stonk1944 1702 London Gaz. No. 3807/3 Which gives us great Apprehensions of a Bombardment. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 402 To destroy these vessels..by means of a bombardment. 1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 23 Aug. in Dispatches (1838) XI. 33 The Bombardment answered no purpose whatever, excepting to destroy the town. 2. Physics. Subjection to a stream of particles (see bombard v. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > ion > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles bombardment1898 the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > change of one element into another > [noun] > by stream of particles bombardment1932 the world > matter > physics > atomic physics > particle physics > particle accelerator > [noun] > subjection to stream of particles bombardment1969 1898 J. J. Thomson Discharge Electr. through Gases 191 The thermal effects are readily explained on the corpuscular theory by the heating of the substance by the bombardment with the particles. 1932 Discovery May 139/1 From a bombardment of nitrogen, aluminium and other elements in this way, the alchemist's dream of changing one kind of element into another has been undoubtedly effected on an exceedingly minute scale. 1945 Electronic Engin. 17 669 The use of α-particles as projectiles for nuclear bombardment was responsible for the next great step forward. 1969 Times 5 Feb. 13/6 The Xi particles were formed in the bombardment of a tank of liquid hydrogen with very fast particles emitted by the accelerator. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1702
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