as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the bombardment of so many instructions meant that I missed some of the information
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Recent Examples of bombardment
Residents reported heavy bombardments in Zeitoun, Sabra, Tuffah and Shejaia while tanks advanced into Sheikh Radwan, northwest of the city center, crushing homes and setting fires in encampments.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.
—Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
And Kaouther Ben Hania’s real-life drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, about a 6-year-old girl killed in Gaza during an Israeli bombardment, premiered in Venice to roaring applause before heading to Toronto, with wide sales confirmed across Europe.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
People gather in the yard of the Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, to mourn and bid farewell to the bodies of victims killed in Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, on March 18, 2025.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Measures come as international condemnation of Israel grows The directive comes as a growing number of countries have condemned Israel’s ongoing military bombardment of Gaza and what several humanitarian organizations have described as a genocide.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
That has left Palestinian journalists in Gaza — enduring bombardment, hunger and displacement, along with the rest of the population — as the primary sources for relaying information on the ground.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Palestinian journalists there often run toward bombardments when others run away.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Nasser Hospital has withstood raids and bombardment during the war, with officials repeatedly noting critical shortages of supplies and staff.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.
—Brendan Rascius, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
And Kaouther Ben Hania’s real-life drama The Voice of Hind Rajab, about a 6-year-old girl killed in Gaza during an Israeli bombardment, premiered in Venice to roaring applause before heading to Toronto, with wide sales confirmed across Europe.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
People gather in the yard of the Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, to mourn and bid farewell to the bodies of victims killed in Israeli bombardment in Gaza City, on March 18, 2025.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
Measures come as international condemnation of Israel grows The directive comes as a growing number of countries have condemned Israel’s ongoing military bombardment of Gaza and what several humanitarian organizations have described as a genocide.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
That has left Palestinian journalists in Gaza — enduring bombardment, hunger and displacement, along with the rest of the population — as the primary sources for relaying information on the ground.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
Palestinian journalists there often run toward bombardments when others run away.
—Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Nasser Hospital has withstood raids and bombardment during the war, with officials repeatedly noting critical shortages of supplies and staff.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombardment
Noun
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country in the latest barrage, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The glass-half-full crowd would view such a flurry of transactions as evidence that five teams wanted Ureña enough to sign him.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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In part of a flurry of motions from both sides in the past week, Stines is asking for a judge to release him on bail.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Bombardment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombardment. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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