artillery bombardment

collocation in English

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artillery
noun[U]
uk
/ɑːˈtɪl.ər.i/us
/ɑːrˈtɪl.ɚ.i/
very large guns that are moved on wheels or metal tracks, or the part of the army that ...
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bombardment
noun[C or U]
uk
/bɒmˈbɑːd.mənt/us
/bɑːmˈbɑːrd.mənt/
a continuous attack on a place with guns ...
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Hospitals, like the camps, have been subject to intenseartillerybombardment.
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Artillerybombardmentin the area occurred during the conflict.
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The attack began with a shortartillerybombardment.
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It also manages to reduce theartillerybombardmentsomewhat.
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The battle commenced with an hour-longartillerybombardment.
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The fortress fell following air-strikes and anartillerybombardment.
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Early started with a large-scaleartillerybombardment.
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After an extremely heavyartillerybombardmentof more than 10,000 shells, the attack succeeded.
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No effectiveartillerybombardmentwas possible and the attack had to be called off.
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In the heavyartillerybombardmentmany buildings collapsed and burned out.
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The expected counter-attack started at 05:00 with anartillerybombardment.
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At 14:30 the regiment was called upon, and galloped forward under anartillerybombardment.
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The cities under siege also dealt with constantartillerybombardment, making the streets a dangerous place.
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The damages caused by theartillerybombardmentduring the war are still visible today.
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The attacks were to be preceded by a massiveartillerybombardment.
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Most troops were exhausted and nervous because of the continuousartillerybombardment.
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Artillerybombardmentof the city continued over the following 100 days.
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The battle commenced at 4:20am, upon which time theartillerybombardmentceased.
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The attack was preceded by an intense and sustained aerial andartillerybombardment.
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They used the altitude of the hill forartillerybombardmentof the city.
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Longstreet, suspecting the attack will fail from the beginning, orders for an extendedartillerybombardment.
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It is not usual in war to publish the casualties which occur on the front as results of anartillerybombardment.
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This gave the defenders time to organise resistance, and the remaining landings were conducted underartillerybombardment.
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The west wall was designed to stand up toartillerybombardment, and was up to 5m thick.
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The combination, though, of frequent patrols, heavyartillerybombardment, and starvation served to eliminate this strongpoint in the end.
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