Thesaurus results for BOMBARDING

bombarding

verb

present participle of bombard

as in bombing

to use bombs or artillery against the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II

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as in barraging

to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions

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Recent Examples of bombarding The group filed an ethics complaint against the Victory Green PAC, which supports the arena, accusing the group of bombarding residents with campaign text messages. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Diesel prices are high around the world because Ukraine is bombarding Russian refineries and strikes by Iran and its allies have taken capacity offline in the Middle East. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 For months before today’s launch, Google has been anticipating those problems on Earth, shaking spacecraft to simulate the launch and bombarding its chips with proton beams to test their response to radiation. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026 The duo also translate the musical signals being emitted by the cosmic rift, realizing that a giant space baby is about to be born, and that the energy bursts bombarding both Enterprises are effectively contractions. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 To decode information about the cosmic matter bombarding Earth, scientists must use computers to simulate the rainstorm of particles in air. — Jesse Liu, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 Second, tritium does not occur naturally in meaningful quantities, meaning reactors must breed their own fuel by bombarding lithium-bearing blankets with neutrons. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 Data centers are shifting from the training of AI models — a stage that involves bombarding them with data — to a phase known as inference. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026 That was left to the local alternative outlets, who'd start bombarding everyone at our paper to find out who was let go. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

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The United States began bombing Iran on February 28 with the goal of destroying the country’s nuclear program, its missile program, and even its government, only to fail spectacularly at each objective.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Ukraine has been systematically bombing some of those refineries, severely curtailing the global supply of diesel fuel.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombing

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Selma Blair was arrested Sunday after allegedly attacking crew members on board a Delta flight into New York City.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Arriving crews reported heavy fire on the third floor and began interior operations, attacking the fire with multiple handlines, Hopkins said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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Two of the strongest El Niños in the last 75 years, in 1982-83 and 1997-98, were associated with extensive damage to the Southern California coast, battering homes, flooding streets and damaging piers.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
The making of monsters The Cornell gang rape investigation flooding social media outlets and news coverage and fueling a lot of discussions actually took place in 2024.

— Stephanie Jones, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flooding

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The United States joined Israel in attacking Iran’s military and nuclear program in two rounds, battering Iran and upending global markets far from the battlefield.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
That’s because there has been so much flooding, erosion, and battering by extreme winds, and an increasing number of severe and destructive storms.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026

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Videos first obtained by ABC News showed that Cornell investigators in the following days began questioning witnesses about a potential coverup by the fraternity brothers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
There was angst among fans about Suamataia being held from the game, followed by blowback for questioning coach Andy Reid’s decision.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of questioning

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At least one copy fell into the hands of the Gestapo, which was hunting for Seghers and interrogating her associates.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
It was framed around these trials that were interrogating Founding Fathers, religious belief[s], and stuff like this.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of interrogating

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