Dictionary

bombardment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /bəm-/ (General-American)
• /bɑmbɑɹdmənt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English bombard Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English bombardment From bombard + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
2. (countable, uncountable) Heavy artillery fire.
3. (countable, uncountable) The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) An onslaught of criticism etc.

Forms

Deriveds

Late Heavy Bombardment · cobombardment · superbombardment

Relateds

bombard · bombarded

Synonyms

cannonade

Translations (67)

fi tykistökeskitys (heavy artillery fire) · de Bombardierung (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · af bombardering (heavy artillery fire) · hu bombázás (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ru бомбардиро́вка (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · nl bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · is sprengjuregn (heavy artillery fire) · de Beschuss (heavy artillery fire) · ru бомбардиро́вка (heavy artillery fire) · uk бомбардува́ння (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · nn bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ru канона́да (heavy artillery fire) · tr bombardıman (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · pt bombardeamento (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ja 衝撃 (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · be бамбава́нне (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · fr bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · tl tampol (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · uk артобстріл (heavy artillery fire) · cmn 砲擊 /炮击 (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · uk бомбардування (heavy artillery fire) · de Bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · yi באָמבאַרדירן (heavy artillery fire) · ro bombardare (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · bg бомбардиро́вка (heavy artillery fire) · ja 砲撃 (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · pl bombardowanie (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ru бомбёжка (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ru артиллери́йский обстре́л (heavy artillery fire) · yi באָמבאַרדירן (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ro bombardament (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · nb bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · pt bombardeio (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · cmn 砲擊 /炮击 (heavy artillery fire) · sv bombning (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · be бамбёжка (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · af bombardering (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · fi pommitus (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ja 爆撃 (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ru бомбардиро́вка (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · fi pommitus (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · tl tampol (heavy artillery fire) · ko 포격 (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · es bombardeo (heavy artillery fire) · hy ռմբակոծում (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · tl pagtampol (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ja 砲撃 (heavy artillery fire) · is sprengjuárás (heavy artillery fire) · es bombardeo (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · ja 照射 (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · fa بمباردمان (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · fi hiukkaspommitus (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · is sprengjuárás (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · hy ռմբակոծություն (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · uk бомбува́ння (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ca bombardeig (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · is sprengjuregn (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · bg бомбардиро́вка (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · nrf bombardement (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · cmn 轟擊 /轰击 (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · it bombardamento (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ja 爆撃 (heavy artillery fire) · tl pagtampol (incidence of stream of high-energy particles) · ru артобстре́л (heavy artillery fire) · sk bombardovanie (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · ar قَصْف (act of bombing, esp towns or cities) · es bombardeo (act of bombing, esp towns or cities)