bombed

Example Sentences

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In reality, the hospital where she gave birth was not bombed, as it is in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Farah and Tala Mousa, who live in a tent and have been repeatedly displaced since their home was bombed, have been named the Middle East regional winners of the youth-focused Earth Prize.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

"I just hope we don't get bombed now," he joked.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

U.S. officials say that the country’s defense industry has been bombed heavily, which will preclude Iran from quickly making more missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The airdrome had been bombed eight months before, and knobby slabs of white stone rubble had been bulldozed into flat- topped heaps on both sides of the entrance through the wire fence surrounding the field.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller