Synonyms of bombarding

bombarding

verb

present participle of bombard

1

as in bombing

to use bombs or artillery against

the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombing
• attacking
• battering
• shelling
• blitzing
• cannonading
• ravaging
• pounding
• blitzkrieging
• assaulting
• raking
• assailing
• hitting
• strafing
• enfilading
• devastating
• striking

2

as in barraging

to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barraging
• flooding
• bombing
• questioning
• interrogating
• examining
• pumping
• harassing
• quizzing
• inundating
• pestering
• grilling
• annoying
• querying
• debriefing
• hounding
• cross-examining
• catechizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombarding

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

Peter Kollanyi / Bloomberg via Getty Images file Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to get chatbots to repeat Kremlin talking points, senior European officials say, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections over efforts to silently influence voters. — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 26 June 2026

In that essay, Troemel argued that artists were bombarding the internet with their work, and that this constant posting represented an essential shift. — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 16 June 2026

Hadley learned that Vintilla had been working as a restaurant hostess in London when Andrew connected with her on Instagram and began bombarding her with flattery. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Her prank of lying in wait for each of her housemates, bombarding them with a Super Soaker, and then enlisting them in her eco-army of Seussian extremists was just pure wonderful delight. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 May 2026

But as Israel and the US continue attacking Iran, with Israel also bombarding Lebanon, progressives are amplifying their demand for clearer moral positioning on the Middle East. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026