bombed

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Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Since being bombed to rubble in World War II, the city has reinvented itself as one of Europe’s most experimental urban laboratories, with starchitect-designed towers and cultural districts built on former docklands.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thailand says it has bombed a "logistics centre" near the Cambodian town of Poipet, known for being a major casino hub and the biggest land crossing between the two countries.

From BBC

The final day of his state visit on Friday will see Steinmeier visit the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, bombed during World War Two, in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation.

From BBC

There will be symbolic signs of reconciliation, including a visit by the German president to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, bombed during the Second World War.

From BBC