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bombing
| Main Entry: |
bombing
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombardment |
| Synonyms: | air assault, air attack, air campaign, air raid, air strike, bombing run, shelling |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
| Synonyms: | blow it, flop, flummox, go out of business, lose, wash out, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | do well, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | battle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military fight |
| Synonyms: | action, assault, attack, barrage, blitzkreig, bloodshed, bombing, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, conflict, contention, crusade, encounter, engagement, fighting, fray, havoc, hostility, onset, onslaught, press, ravage, scrimmage, significant contact, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, war, warfare |
| Antonyms: | truce |
| 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: | 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: | bombardment |
| 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: | air campaign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aerial bombardment |
| Synonyms: | air attack, air raid, air strike, bombing, surgical air strike |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, torpedo, wither, wreck |
| Main Entry: | blow up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | blast, bomb, burst, detonate, dynamite, erupt, go off, mushroom, rupture, shatter |
| Antonyms: | deflate |
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