as in barrages
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the bombardment of so many instructions meant that I missed some of the information
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Recent Examples of bombardments
The lime in the rubble left behind after artillery bombardments helped fertilize the plants, which flourished across Belgium and northern France during the war, then largely disappeared once the lime was gone.
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Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Mohammed and others staying in makeshift displacement camps have survived Israeli bombardments that have laid waste to Gaza’s streets for over a year, enduring catastrophic violence, constant killings and disfigurement, and crippling hunger.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
In the last two weeks, Israeli strikes have killed at least 50 paramedics, MSF said, adding the heavy bombardments have severely disrupted access to medical care across the country.
—Ahmed Tolba, Adam Makary, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Now the river is all that separates the city from Russian bombardments.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Most deaths have occurred during bombardments or attacks by military officials.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel says its operations in Lebanon seek to allow tens of thousands of its citizens to return home after evacuating from northern Israel by Hezbollah bombardments during the Gaza war.
—Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
During the past year, some sixty thousand residents of northern Israel have been forced by Hezbollah’s bombardments to evacuate their villages and kibbutzim.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
At least 14 paramedics were killed in bombardments that began yesterday in the area of the Civil Defense's center and clinics in southern Lebanon, as well as an attack that hit a hospital in the Bekaa Valley.
—NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Mohammed and others staying in makeshift displacement camps have survived Israeli bombardments that have laid waste to Gaza’s streets for over a year, enduring catastrophic violence, constant killings and disfigurement, and crippling hunger.
—Abeer Salman, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
In the last two weeks, Israeli strikes have killed at least 50 paramedics, MSF said, adding the heavy bombardments have severely disrupted access to medical care across the country.
—Ahmed Tolba, Adam Makary, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
Now the river is all that separates the city from Russian bombardments.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Most deaths have occurred during bombardments or attacks by military officials.
—Sara Fischer, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel says its operations in Lebanon seek to allow tens of thousands of its citizens to return home after evacuating from northern Israel by Hezbollah bombardments during the Gaza war.
—Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
During the past year, some sixty thousand residents of northern Israel have been forced by Hezbollah’s bombardments to evacuate their villages and kibbutzim.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
At least 14 paramedics were killed in bombardments that began yesterday in the area of the Civil Defense's center and clinics in southern Lebanon, as well as an attack that hit a hospital in the Bekaa Valley.
—NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Bombardments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombardments. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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