bombardment

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English

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The city of Minsk under bombardment by Luftwaffe, 24th of June 1941.

Etymology

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From bombard +‎ -ment.

Noun

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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

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