bombardment

English

Noun

bombardment (plural bombardments)

1. the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
2. heavy artillery fire
3. (physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance

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Translations

act of bombing, esp towns or cities

• Bulgarian: бомбардировка (bg) (bombardiróvka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轟擊 (cmn), 轰击 (cmn) (hōngjī), 砲擊 (cmn), 炮击 (cmn) (pàojī)

• Dutch: bombardement (nl) n
• Finnish: pommitus (fi)
• French: bombardement (fr) m

• German: Bombardierung (de) f, Bombardement (de) n (dated)
• Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
• Jèrriais: bombardement m
• Russian: бомбардировка (ru) (bombardiróvka) f
• Spanish: bombardeo (es) m

heavy artillery fire

• Bulgarian: бомбардировка (bg) (bombardiróvka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砲擊 (cmn), 炮击 (cmn) (pàojī)

• Finnish: tykistökeskitys (fi)
• German: Beschuss (de) m

• Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
• Russian: бомбардировка (ru) (bombardiróvka) f, артобстрел (ru) (artobstrél) m, артиллерийский обстрел (ru) (artilleríjskij obstrél) m, канонада (ru) (kanonáda) f

incidence of stream of high-energy particles

• Finnish: hiukkaspommitus (fi), pommitus (fi)
• Japanese: 衝撃 (ja) (shōgeki), 照射 (ja) (shōsha)

• Russian: бомбардировка (ru) (bombardiróvka) f

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• Spanish: bombardeo m
• French: bombardement

See also

• bombard
• bombarded