Wondering how to use Bombardment in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as barrage or onslaught.
Bombardment in a sentence
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Bombardment meaning
- The act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
- Heavy artillery fire.
- The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
Synonyms of Bombardment
Using Bombardment
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of bombing, especially towns or cities. | Heavy artillery fire. | The incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.
- Useful related words include: barrage, onslaught, onset, attack.
- In the example corpus, bombardment often appears in combinations such as: bombardment of, israeli bombardment, bombardment and.
Context around Bombardment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bombardment
- In this selection, "bombardment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aerial, israeli, relentless, squadron, group and down stand out and add context to how "bombardment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a relentless bombardment of rockets and an israel bombardment that caused. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bombardment" sits close to words such as armored, atrocities and badge, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bombardment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As of this writing, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s bombardment began. (19 words)
Hall was assigned to the 66th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in the European Theater in January 1944, officials said. (21 words)
A source at the Turkish defence ministry denied any involvement by the country's military in the bombardment of Sulaimaniyah airport. (21 words)
But the risk of Israeli civilians falling victim to relentless Israeli bombardment or languishing for years in Hamas captivity while Israel gets dragged into an open-ended campaign could also be politically ruinous for Netanyahu. (35 words)
Communications were restored to most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people Sunday after an Israeli bombardment described by residents as the most intense of the war knocked out phone and internet services late Friday. (35 words)
At the same time, the Israeli government’s retaliatory response of massive bombardment of Gaza, supported and funded by the U.S., has been murderous and criminal and actually builds support for terrorist groups. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hall was assigned to the 66th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in the European Theater in January 1944, officials said.
The report detected “high tempo aerial bombardment” by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and “structural damage” from RSF bombardment and other combat activity.
After all it was an utterly dismal opening 45 minutes for the visitors, who simply could not handle 's constant bombardment down the right-hand side.
Also in attendance at this first 100th Bombardment reunion were 19 friends and family members of the hundreds of brave souls who fell with their planes during World War II.
A second humanitarian convoy has entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt as Israel continues its relentless bombardment of the besieged area, resulting in the deaths of 55 people overnight.
As of this writing, more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel’s bombardment began.
A source at the Turkish defence ministry denied any involvement by the country's military in the bombardment of Sulaimaniyah airport.
At the demonstration, participants laid on the ground to “give a representation of those who have been killed by Israel’s brutal bombardment,” according to the Instagram post.
At the same time, the Israeli government’s retaliatory response of massive bombardment of Gaza, supported and funded by the U.S., has been murderous and criminal and actually builds support for terrorist groups.
But the estimated 110,000 Coloradans who identify as Jewish also have braced against rising antisemitism and intense public criticism of Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
But the risk of Israeli civilians falling victim to relentless Israeli bombardment or languishing for years in Hamas captivity while Israel gets dragged into an open-ended campaign could also be politically ruinous for Netanyahu.
Coming to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Prime Minister Kakar said the incessant and lethal Israeli bombardment on Gaza was a deplorable act calling for international condemnation.
Communications were restored to most of Gaza’s 2.3 million people Sunday after an Israeli bombardment described by residents as the most intense of the war knocked out phone and internet services late Friday.
Facing a relentless aerial bombardment and now a ground incursion by Israeli forces in Gaza, Hamas leaders have been pushing — sometimes publicly — for Hezbollah to widen its involvement in the war.
For most of the 1000 or so pre-war residents of the village the priority was getting to safety as the Russians sought to obliterate Moschun with a relentless bombardment of rockets and shells.
France also condemned an Israel bombardment that caused the death of one of its foreign ministry officials who had taken refuge in Rafah, southern Gaza.
Gazans said people forced to flee repeatedly were dying of hunger and cold as well as bombardment, describing desperate attacks on aid trucks and sky high prices.
Gaza's Hamas-run territory's health ministry says Israel's ensuing aerial bombardment and ground offensive have killed 11,500 people, mostly civilians and including thousands of children.
Gen Surovikin - now his deputy - has been dubbed "General Armageddon" for his brutal tactics in previous wars, including Russia's operations in Syria and the heavy bombardment of the city of Aleppo in particular.
Hamas has said it will begin executing Israeli hostages — which are believed to number at least 100 — if the bombardment continues.
Common combinations with bombardment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bombardment of 57×
- israeli bombardment 41×
- bombardment and 23×
- the bombardment 22×
- aerial bombardment 12×
- bombardment in 11×
- relentless bombardment 9×
- bombardment on 9×
- heavy bombardment 9×
- israel bombardment 8×