bombings

plural of bombing

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bombings Leading the effort is the ATF National Response Team, a specialized rapid-response force that responds to the nation’s highest-profile bombings, explosions and arson, including the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombings
Noun
  • Zelenskyy has made clear his chief aim is to secure better defenses for Ukraine amid Russia’s constant aerial bombardments of civilian targets like cities, energy infrastructure and hospitals, and his big-ticket item is the American Tomahawk missile.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hours after the deal’s announcement, videos posted on social media by correspondents and Unicef spokesperson James Elder in Gaza showed a relatively quiet night sky, a rare occurrence in an enclave that has faced incessant bombardments for just over two years.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Miller was convicted of assaults on women aged 56, 68 and 22.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
  • According to his application, the assaults occurred between 2010 and 2023.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Not only has Rodrigo been vocal in her opposition to Trump, endorsing his opponent Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, but she’s also specifically called out his harsh crackdown on immigration by way of ICE raids this past year.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Von had been Trump-friendly before the gruesome and heartbreaking videos of the ICE raids targeting working immigrants started going viral on social media.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Midnight curfews, daily air raids and wounded veterans on the runway put the reality of war front and centre.
    Finbarr Toesland, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Grygorova, 19, who lives in Kharkiv, a city near the Ukrainian-Russian border, said despite the constant rocket attacks, drones, air raids, and explosions, her thoughts are always with the people suffering through the continuous combat.
    Terry Collins, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s something rare about Swain, who is a young brainiac, but one who has built his business the old-fashioned, pre-quant-trading and Excel models Wall Street way, via charm offensives that weave webs of tight relationships few rivals can match.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Since October 2023, Israel's ground and air offensives in Gaza have displaced more than 2 million people and killed more than 68,500 Palestinians, according to the AP.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations.
    Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The proceedings seem to be going fine until unexpected tensions and aggressions start to break out among the dancers.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even on low volume from deep (seven attempts), that’s a recipe for offensive success, and it was reflected in Mizzou’s 50 first-half points.
    Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Her clarion voice slices through the show’s labored attempts to be both fable and fabulous.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In basic multiplayer fashion, there are bottlenecked spaces for ambushes, and everything loops together just fine for flanking.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Bombings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombings. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.

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