bombing

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bombing

  • /ˈbɒmɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɒmɪŋ

noun bombings

  1. countable, uncountable The action of dropping bombs from the air.
  2. countable, uncountable The action of placing and detonating bombs.
  3. countable, uncountable The act of bombing a drug (wrapping it in a covering before swallowing it).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bomb

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bombardment, airstrike, bombshell, bomber, grenade, firebombing, bombarding, nuke, bombard, shelling, gunfire, shooting, pump, detonation, barrage, fire

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noun action of dropping bombs from the air

Españolbombardeo
한국어폭격 pokgyeok
日本語爆撃 bakugeki
中文轟炸 /轰炸 hōngzhà, 轟擊 /轰击 hōngjī, 投彈 /投弹 tóudàn
हिन्दीबमबारी bambārī
Portuguêsbombardeio
Françaisbombardement
DeutschBombardierung
Italianobombardamento
Ελληνικάβομβαρδισμός vomvardismós
Românăbombardament
Русскийбомбардиро́вка bombardiróvka, бомбёжка bombjóžka, бомбомета́ние bombometánije
Tiếng Việtviệc ném bom
العربيةتَفْجِير tafjīr, قَصْف qaṣf

noun action of placing and detonating bombs

DeutschBombenanschlag, Bombenanschläge
Русскийтера́кт terákt

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@misc{bombing_2026,
  title = {bombing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bombing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}