Synonyms of bombardments

bombardments

noun

plural of bombardment

as in barrages

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

the bombardment of so many instructions meant that I missed some of the information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrages
• flurries
• volleys
• salvos
• cannonades
• floods
• fusillades
• torrents
• drumbeats
• showers
• hails
• tides
• blitzes
• blitzkriegs
• storms
• drumfires
• inundations
• avalanches
• outbursts
• surges
• streams
• bursts
• rashes
• outpourings
• outflows
• spates
• deluges
• cataclysms
• discharges
• broadsides
• cataracts
• currents
• flood tides
• overflows
• rivers
• excesses
• flushes
• gushes
• surpluses
• earfuls
• gluts
• engulfments
• oversupplies
• surfeits
• overages
• overabundances
• superfluities
• overkills
• overmuch
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drips
• trickles
• dribbles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombardments

Long before October 2023, Gaza’s people suffered international sanctions, a humiliating occupation, and periodic Israeli bombardments. — Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 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

The bombardments have largely occurred in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel, and around Beirut, near the airport. — Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

The Ukrainian bombardments have constricted the supply of gas in the oil-rich country and there are reports of Russians in several regions having to line up at the pump for hours at a time. — Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 6 June 2026

The latest escalation in the conflict follows one of Russia’s heaviest bombardments of the war in May. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 June 2026

Russia has been using long-range missiles and drones to damage Ukraine's power grid and hammer cities, and Ukraine has braced for further heavy bombardments. — Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026

Russia has been using long-range ballistic missiles and drones to damage Ukraine’s power grid and hammer cities, and Ukraine has braced for further heavy bombardments. — Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

The drone and missile attack, one of the heaviest bombardments of Kyiv since Russia’s invasion in 2022, also wounded nearly one hundred people, according to Reuters. — News Desk, Artforum, 26 May 2026