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bombardment

noun as in barrage

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Ukrainian cities including Kyiv have come under repeated heavy Russian bombardment with drones and missiles.

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She will join her sister in Zaporizhzhia, a southern city that came under Russian bombardment that same night.

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Hunger and disease has spread across the city as residents contend with constant bombardment and dwindling food and medical supplies.

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Taking advantage of the ceasefire, Raja Salmi walked back to her home in Gaza City, where weeks of Israeli bombardment and ground operations had targeted areas said to harbour thousands of Hamas fighters.

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Around 700,000 people from Gaza City and the north were displaced by the Israeli offensive, which saw intense aerial bombardment and the entry of troops into some neighbourhoods.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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