Synonyms of bombing

bombing 1 of 2

noun

as in bombardment

Related Words

• bombardment
• assault
• raid
• air raid
• offensive
• aggression
• onslaught
• attempt
• blitzkrieg
• ambush
• onset
• offense
• rush
• blitz
• strike
• counterattack
• invasion
• coup de main
• counteroffensive
• descent
• sortie
• charge
• ambuscade
• counterassault
• counterstrike
• incursion
• breakthrough
• counteraggression
• envelopment
• sally
• siege
• foray
• sack
• pillage
• flanking
• storm
• ravage

Dissimilar Words

• defense
• resistance
• opposition
• guard
• security
• protection
• defensive
• shield
• shelter

bombing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bomb

1

as in flooding

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

following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in flying

slang to proceed or move quickly

skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• racing
• speeding
• traveling
• rushing
• driving
• hurrying
• scurrying
• trotting
• jumping
• zipping
• chasing
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• blasting
• shooting
• scooting
• stepping
• scuttling
• darting
• zooming
• tearing
• ramming
• ripping
• bowling
• jogging
• blazing
• whirling
• dashing
• bolting
• hurling
• hustling
• humping
• barreling
• bustling
• hastening
• hurtling
• rocketing
• jetting
• motoring
• pelting
• careering
• careening
• cracking (on)
• haring
• rustling
• breezing
• coursing
• bundling
• whisking
• beating it
• highballing
• belting
• cannonballing
• nipping
• hying
• galloping
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• sprinting
• hotfooting (it)
• streaking
• accelerating
• scampering
• flitting
• scudding
• scuffling
• whizzing
• stampeding
• overtaking
• beetling
• outrunning
• quickening
• stepping out
• outpacing
• outstripping
• catching up
• beelining
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• poking
• loitering
• dawdling
• strolling
• shuffling
• plodding
• sauntering
• lumbering
• ambling
• dallying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying
• decelerating
• tarrying

3

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• failing
• flopping
• missing
• folding
• struggling
• cratering
• striking out
• tanking
• flunking
• crashing
• foundering
• flaming out
• falling short
• falling flat
• declining
• coming to grief
• dying on the vine
• coming up empty
• laying an egg
• washing out
• coming a cropper
• skidding
• crumbling
• slumping
• falling on one's face
• slipping
• floundering
• misfiring
• sinking
• waning
• miscarrying
• imploding
• going under
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeding
• going
• delivering
• clicking
• working out
• going over
• coming off
• cooking
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering
• winning
• panning out
• prevailing
• triumphing

4

as in burying

to defeat by a large margin

it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burying
• whipping
• throwing
• overcoming
• flattening
• upsetting
• routing
• annihilating
• beating
• dusting
• smoking
• smothering
• mastering
• thrashing
• trimming
• taking
• pasting
• blowing away
• destroying
• topping
• sweeping
• scoring
• skinning
• overwhelming
• succeeding
• clobbering
• tromping
• waxing
• creaming
• whopping
• conquering
• drubbing
• walloping
• dispatching
• crushing
• shellacking
• whupping
• trouncing
• slaughtering
• capping
• surpassing
• exceeding
• eating alive
• snowing under
• whomping
• skunking
• running circles around
• beating the pants off
• wiping the floor with
• overthrowing
• finishing
• licking
• subduing
• prevailing (over)
• subjugating
• winning (against)
• vanquishing
• triumphing (over)
• surmounting
• overpowering
• hurdling
• knocking over
• upending
• overmatching
• transcending
• overtopping
• eclipsing
• outdoing
• knocking off
• flourishing
• bettering
• besting
• outdistancing
• worsting
• outstripping
• outshining
• sinking
• excelling
• edging (out)
• overbearing
• breaking
• outfighting
• acing (out)
• doing in
• pipping
• nosing out

5

as in attacking

to use bombs or artillery against

the enemy has bombed the city again

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombing

Noun

The motivation for developing context bombing came out of the need for something that stopped attacks, rather than simply warning of them. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Authorities have not disclosed possible motives for the bombing attack, or the killing of Berezovska. — Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Two weeks after the bombing of the London transit system in which 56 were people killed, Islamist terrorists attempted another attack by planting bombs on three London Underground trains and one bus. — USA Today, 7 July 2026

Interpol previously named the main bombing suspect as 39-year-old Anastasiia Berezovska, who was born in Ukraine and recently resided in Germany. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

The French presidential palace said following the bombing that Macron was safe and would continue his visit to Damascus. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026

There’s something kind of charming about Carter’s uncoordinated love-bombing. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026

July 6, 2022 marks the four-year anniversary of the Guidestones bombing, and still no arrests, and no official suspects have been announced. — AJC.com, 6 July 2026

The victims were all seriously injured, but survived the bombing, authorities said. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Verb

French officials condemned the damage to the ancient monastery, comparing it to bombing Notre-Dame, while Ukrainian religious leaders called it a crime against humanity. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Another bad fix bombing out the moment it was most needed. — Literary Hub, 22 June 2026

After bombing out of its home event in Sydney, Slingsby and company dominated the Americas across the past three events in Rio de Janeiro, Bermuda and New York. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 22 June 2026

It was used in bombing missions during the current conflict between the US and Iran. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 15 June 2026

Cook, who is now retired and works in the private sector, became particularly incensed when the military began bombing boats in the Caribbean in September. — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

The tit-for-tat strikes were sparked by Israel bombing the Dahiyeh suburb of Beirut, long considered a Hezbollah stronghold, on Sunday. — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 8 June 2026

Brent crude was $97 per barrel this morning, up sharply on news that Iran and Israel had resumed bombing each other. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 June 2026

On Monday, the Israeli military resumed bombing Hezbollah in Lebanon as peace talks for the Iran war continue. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2026