bombardment

bombardment is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 25 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.
2. noun. an attack by dropping bombs

   Synonyms: bombing

3. noun. the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
4. noun. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

   "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"

   "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"

   Synonyms: barrage, battery, shelling

5. noun. the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)

   "a barrage of questions"

   "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"

   Synonyms: barrage, onslaught, outpouring

Synonyms

bombing, barrage, battery, shelling, onslaught, outpouring

Common word forms

bombardments

Words from these letters

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