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

Meanwhile, escalating bombardments by Russia and Ukraine — which together account for a quarter of the global wheat supply — on each other’s shipping infrastructure are piling pressure on food prices. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Rescuers already racing to exhume bodies from earlier bombardments face dwindling fuel and equipment. — Jehad Alshrafi, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Iran had already become far more heavily controlled after the January uprising, and once the war broke out in February, the bombardments made the situation become nearly impossible. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026

Ahead of the talks, Russia had ramped up its attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with relentless bombardments, exploiting Ukraine’s shortage of air defense systems. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

With peace efforts stalled, Russia has intensified its attacks on Kyiv and other cities with relentless bombardments recently stretching into daylight hours, taking advantage of Ukraine’s shortage of air defensive systems. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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