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bombardment
| Main Entry: |
bombardment
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, blitz, blitzkrieg, bombing, onslaught, shelling |
| Notes: | a lot of people refer to dodgeball when they really mean bombardment - two teams squaring off from opposite sides of the gym and unable to cross the center line; dodgeball is a game with a circle of attackers and the victims in the middle |
| Main Entry: | barrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profusion of something |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, blast, bombardment, burst, deluge, hail, mass, onslaught, plethora, rain, shower, storm, stream, surge, torrent |
| Main Entry: | blitz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy attack |
| Synonyms: | assault, blitzkrieg, bombardment, bombing, lightning attack, offensive, onslaught, raid, shelling, strike |
| Antonyms: | let-up |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blow-up, blast |
| Synonyms: | access, bang, barrage, blowout, bombardment, breach, break, cannonade, crack, discharge, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, fusillade, gush, gust, outbreak, outpouring, round, rupture, rush, sally, salvo, shower, spate, split, spurt, storm, surge, torrent, volley |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage of projectiles |
| Synonyms: | attack, bombarding, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, cannonading, crossfire, explosion, fusillade, hail, round, salvo, shelling, sniping, volley |
| Main Entry: | hail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | torrent |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bombardment, broadside, cannonade, hailstorm, pelting, rain, salvo, shower, storm, volley |
| Main Entry: | storm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion, turmoil |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, assault, attack, barrage, blitz, blitzkrieg, bluster, bomb, bombardment, broadside, burst, bustle, cannonade, clamor, clatter, convulsion, disturbance, drumfire, furor, fury, fusillade, hail, hassle, hysteria, offensive, onset, onslaught, outbreak, outburst, outcry, passion, perturbation, pother, rabidity, racket, rage, rampancy, roar, row, ruction, rumpus, rush, salvo, squall, stir, strife, temper, tumult, upheaval, violence, volley |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | volley |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
| Synonyms: | battery, bombardment, burst, cannonade, crossfire, enfilade, firing, fussilade, gunfire, hail, round, salvo, shelling, shower, storm |
| Main Entry: | cannonade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrage |
| Synonyms: | battery, blitz, bomb, bombardment, burst, salvo, shower, volley |
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