A succession of heavy blows inflicted upon the walls of a city or fortress by means of artillery; bombardment. to plant battery: to prepare for such…

A continued discharge of cannon or heavy artillery; an attack using cannon. Also as a mass noun: continuous gunfire, esp. using heavy artillery. Also…

The sustained discharge of cannon or heavy artillery; an instance of this.

An assailing with shot and shell; a bombardment.

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

the (repeated) firing of a cannon or cannons; bombardment by cannon; also (and in earliest use) figurative.

Bombarding volley, shot. Obsolete. rare.

The firing of shells, bombardment with shells.

Army slang. During the First World War (1914–18): a bombardment by German artillery. Frequently in morning hate, evening hate. Now historical.

In modern military use: a barrier of continuous artillery or machine-gun fire concentrated in a given area, used to prevent the advance or retreat of…

an artillery barrage concentrated on a particular target or area.

transferred and figurative. (Military): see barrage, n. and add examples.

= area bombing n.; an instance of this.

an instance of bombing a general area rather than a specific target; cf. area bombing n.

Military. An act of bombardment; esp., an exercise in which anti-aircraft drill is practised.

Military slang. A concentrated artillery bombardment. Also figurative.