as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the bombardment of so many instructions meant that I missed some of the information
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Recent Examples of bombardment
Positioned in a valley in the highlands of eastern Ukraine, Kramatorsk and neighboring Sloviansk came under heavy aerial bombardment after the full-scale invasion of 2022, but became an oasis of sorts for Ukrainian troops as fire moved elsewhere.
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Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2026
Israel responded with a blistering aerial bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion.
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E. Eduardo Castillo,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
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David Szondy
june 23,
New Atlas,
23 June 2026
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attacks a response to Russia’s relentless nightly bombardment, which on Monday included Kyiv’s oldest and holiest church complex.
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Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
And rather than trying to be, in my view, kind of smart about how to build up a Lebanese government for the purpose of disarming and neutering Hezbollah, which is definitely in Israel’s interest, Israel has been engaged in this bombardment of Lebanon.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
This was taken for granted in the past, but the existence of this late-in-the-day bombardment is heavily debated in the scientific community.
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Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2026
By feeding this data into the virtual model, the lab helps train software algorithms to predict how the physical blanket components will handle high-energy particle bombardment.
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
Sources on the ground told CBS News producer Sami Yousafzai that women and children were killed in the bombardment on Wednesday, however.
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CBS News,
10 June 2026
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2026
Israel responded with a blistering aerial bombardment of Lebanon and a ground invasion.
—
E. Eduardo Castillo,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
—
David Szondy
june 23,
New Atlas,
23 June 2026
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attacks a response to Russia’s relentless nightly bombardment, which on Monday included Kyiv’s oldest and holiest church complex.
—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
And rather than trying to be, in my view, kind of smart about how to build up a Lebanese government for the purpose of disarming and neutering Hezbollah, which is definitely in Israel’s interest, Israel has been engaged in this bombardment of Lebanon.
—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
This was taken for granted in the past, but the existence of this late-in-the-day bombardment is heavily debated in the scientific community.
—
Quanta Magazine,
12 June 2026
By feeding this data into the virtual model, the lab helps train software algorithms to predict how the physical blanket components will handle high-energy particle bombardment.
—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 June 2026
Sources on the ground told CBS News producer Sami Yousafzai that women and children were killed in the bombardment on Wednesday, however.
—
CBS News,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombardment
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Following a barrage of teaser posts over the last couple of weeks, the ever-prolific pop singer has revealed that her official follow-up to 2022’s The Loneliest Time will be a 24-track double LP.
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The strike was part of an overnight barrage of 70 missiles and 611 drones, President Zelensky indicated.
Noun
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Minasian’s flurry of moves before and after the 2023 trade deadline seemed chaotic.
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Off a fantastic pass from Kylian Mbappé from the opposite side of the pitch, Ousmane Dembélé unleashed a quick flurry of dribble moves into the right side of the box before burying a goal.
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“Bombardment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombardment. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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