bombing
noun[CorU]
uk/ˈbɒm.ɪŋ/us/ˈbɑː.mɪŋ/B2
anattackorattackson aplaceorareausingbombs, or theactivityofattackingin this way:
炸弹袭击；轰炸Heavy bombing hasguttedthecity.狂轰烂炸已将这座城市化为废墟。
There was awaveofbombings in thesouthof thecountry.这个国家的南部发生了一系列的爆炸案。
- Thechurchwasdestroyedin the bombing but thealtarsurvivedintact.
- Policehave not sofarbeenabletoextortaconfessionfrom thepeopleaccusedof the bombing.
- Intensive bombing hadreducedthecitytorubble.
- AlliedbombingleftDresden inashesin 1945.
- Localpeoplewereoutragedat the bombing.
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitzkrieg
- dive-bomb
- drone strike
- firebomb
- firebombing
- first strike
- go off
- mine
- saturation bombing
- shelling
- shoot
- shootsomethingdown
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike homeidiom