Synonyms for bombardment
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- n. 2
Heavy artillery fire.
Related words
- Word family
- bombard
Forms
- Plural
- bombardments → barrages, onslaughts, outpourings, shellings…
Example sentences
- barrage We've recently received a barrage of complaints.
- onslaught The defenders checked the onslaught by the attackers.
- battery Sami spent sixty dollars on getting a new battery.
- shelling The British shelling stopped at seven o'clock.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bombardment | falling | |
| barrage | rising | |
| onslaught | rising | |
| outpouring | rising | |
| dakka | steady | |
| battery | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- dakka
- 7 letters
- battery3, bombing2, barrage2
- 8 letters
- shelling2
- 9 letters
- onslaught2, cannonade
- 10 letters
- outpouring3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (battery3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bombardement
- Italiano
- bombardamento
- Deutsch
- Bombenangriff