bombed

Example Sentences

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In a message of reconciliation, there will be a visit to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War.

From BBC

Stoppard’s father, a doctor, joined the British Army and died when his ship was bombed.

From The Wall Street Journal

At least nine hospitals were bombed, it said.

From Seattle Times

But when he phoned his wife, he learnt that the military had bombed the place where villagers had gathered for a rare feast of curried noodles, rice and pork.

From BBC

But then a British aircraft carrier is bombed — by whom, we don’t know — and there’s no envoy in London.

From Seattle Times