Bombardment : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bombardment	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Bombardment
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bombardment n the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" Synonym(s): barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" Synonym(s): barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) an attack by dropping bombs Synonym(s): bombing, bombardment
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bombardment \Bom*bard"ment\, n. [F. 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.