bombardment
Example Sentences
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"We lost a lot of people and our possessions. We lived a difficult and harsh life, displaced from one city to another, under bombardment and in terror."
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For now, residents feel trapped between bombardment and displacement, uncertain how long they can endure.
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A Syrian security official, also requesting anonymity, told AFP that "the bombardment was intense" and lasted around five hours.
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The Army is thinking boats, buggies and bombardment.
How long the bombardment lasts—a few days or a few weeks—is a crucial decision Chinese war planners would have to make.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.