bombingnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbɒm.ɪŋ/us/ˈbɑː.mɪŋ/B2 an attack or attacks on a place or area using bombs, or the activity of attacking in this way:
Heavy bombing has gutted the city.
There was a wave of bombings in the south of the country.
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- The church was destroyed in the bombing but the altar survived intact.
- Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
- Intensive bombing had reduced the city to rubble.
- Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945.
- Local people were outraged at the bombing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- let sth off
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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