bombardment

English

Etymology

bombard +‎ -ment

Noun

bombardment (countable and uncountable, 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

Quotations

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Derived terms

• Late Heavy Bombardment

Translations

act of bombing, esp towns or cities

• Belarusian: бамбава́нне n (bambavánnje), бамбёжка f (bambjóžka)
• Bulgarian: бомбардиро́вка f (bombardiróvka)
• Catalan: bombardeig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轟擊／轰击 (zh) (hōngjī), 轰击 (zh) (hōngjī), 砲擊／炮击 (zh) (pàojī), 炮击 (zh) (pàojī)

• Dutch: bombardement (nl) n
• Finnish: pommitus (fi)
• French: bombardement (fr) m
• German: Bombardierung (de) f, Bombardement (de) n (dated)
• Italian: bombardamento (it)
• Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
• Korean: 포격 (ko) (pogyeok)
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• Norman: bombardement m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bombardement n

  Nynorsk: bombardement n

• Persian: بمباردمان (bombârdemân)
• Portuguese: bombardeamento (pt), bombardeio
• Romanian: bombardament (ro), bombardare (ro) f
• Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka), бомбёжка (ru) f (bombjóžka)
• Spanish: bombardeo (es) m
• Swedish: bombning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagtampol
• Ukrainian: бомбардува́ння (uk) n (bombarduvánnja), бомбува́ння (uk) n (bombuvánnja)

heavy artillery fire

• Bulgarian: бомбардиро́вка f (bombardiróvka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 砲擊／炮击 (zh) (pàojī), 炮击 (zh) (pàojī)

• Finnish: tykistökeskitys
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• German: Beschuss (de) m
• Japanese: 爆撃 (ja) (bakugeki), 砲撃 (ja) (hōgeki)
• Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka), артобстре́л (ru) m (artobstrél), артиллери́йский обстре́л m (artilleríjskij obstrél), канона́да (ru) f (kanonáda)
• Tagalog: tampol

incidence of stream of high-energy particles

• Finnish: hiukkaspommitus, pommitus (fi)
• Japanese: 衝撃 (ja) (shōgeki), 照射 (ja) (shōsha)
• Russian: бомбардиро́вка (ru) f (bombardiróvka)
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• Spanish: bombardeo (es) m
• Tagalog: tampol, pagtampol

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• French: ^{(please verify)} bombardement (fr) m
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bombardeo (es) m

See also

• bombard
• bombarded