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bombardment

[bom-bahrd-muhnt] / bɒmˈbɑrd mənt /
NOUN
barrage
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The Moon has endured constant bombardment over its 4.5 billion year history.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

He says they were forced to keep working, even during the Thai bombardment.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Signs suggest that the bombardment is taking a toll: Iran upgraded the latest version of Khorramshahr in 2017 with a more stable propellant, reducing the time it takes to prepare the missile for launch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A Hezbollah official, Hajj Salman Harb, said Israeli bombardment had so far destroyed 750 housing units and partially damaged 17,000 others.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

And the bombardment also failed to flatten the Germans’ barbed-wire entanglements, merely tossing the barbed wire around and creating even more of a barrier than before.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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