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
• overcoming
• flattening
• whipping
• throwing
• upsetting
• routing
• annihilating
• beating
• dusting
• smothering
• smoking
• thrashing
• mastering
• trimming
• pasting
• blowing away
• taking
• destroying
• topping
• sweeping
• skinning
• clobbering
• tromping
• scoring
• overwhelming
• waxing
• creaming
• succeeding
• whopping
• drubbing
• walloping
• conquering
• dispatching
• shellacking
• whupping
• crushing
• trouncing
• slaughtering
• capping
• eating alive
• snowing under
• surpassing
• exceeding
• whomping
• running circles around
• skunking
• beating the pants off
• wiping the floor with
• overthrowing
• finishing
• licking
• subduing
• prevailing (over)
• subjugating
• winning (against)
• vanquishing
• triumphing (over)
• overpowering
• surmounting
• knocking over
• hurdling
• 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

Lomonaco arrived after the restaurant was closed for three years following the first terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 that killed six people and injured more than 1,000 but left the towers intact. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

In Ukraine, now in its fifth year of battling a full-scale invasion by Russia, life has required adaptation amid persistent bombing campaigns. — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

His anger at Hezbollah is matched by his sympathy for his civilian Shia Muslim neighbors, who have borne the brunt of Israel’s bombing and demolitions in the south. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Shot in Tel Aviv at night, the documentary promises to explore the systems behind Israel’s bombing of Gaza, resulting in the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026

The administration did cripple Iran's nuclear program in 2025 with bombing strikes on various facilities, but since this war began, there's been no effective action taken against its nuclear program. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

The Islamic Republic survived the assassination of its top leaders and weeks of heavy bombing, and found a potent form of leverage in the Strait of Hormuz. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

In 1994, Detective Joanne Miller, played by Shailene Woodley, attempts to track Kaczynski down as his bombing spree rages. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

Kaczynski’s first bombing took place in 1978; he was finally found in a cabin in the woods in 1996. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

The status of its nuclear program, degraded by bombing strikes in 2025, hasn't changed. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Prabowo vowed the government would continue supporting firefighting operations, including through the deployment of additional water-bombing helicopters and oxygen supplies for firefighters. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

For decades, advocates of bombing Iran argued that such an attack might be messy but would ultimately remove the Iranian threat. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

In 2003, Libya formally took responsibility for bombing Pan Am 103. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

The meeting came after nearly two weeks of the United States bombing Iran, with Tehran striking back against allies in the region, including a hit on a military base in Jordan that killed three American service members. — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

When America and Israel started bombing Iran, our military bombed an elementary school, killing more than 160 children. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

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

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