bombardment

About 2.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.

   heavy bombardment

2. noun Heavy artillery fire.
3. noun The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
4. noun An onslaught (of criticism etc.)

   a bombardment of questions

Similar words

bombing shelling barrage battery barrage fire airstrike artillery gunfire bomb shooting

Often followed by

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