bombing

nounbombardment

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Word Origin & History

1580s, from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus "a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound," from Greek bombos "deep and hollow sound," echoic. Originally of mortar shells, etc.; modern sense of "explosive device placed by hand or dropped from airplane" is 1909. Meaning "old car" is from 1953. Meaning "success" is from 1954 (late 1990s slang the bomb "the best" is probably a fresh formation); opposite sense of "a failure" is from 1963. The bomb "atomic bomb" is from 1945.

Example Sentences for bombing

Incidentally, it kept the Hun from coming out and bombing us.

We cracked up on a fighter strip while bombing with Mustangs.

The Boche were at it hard now, and they were bombing all round every night.

Driving back to Cassel we had a fine sight of bombing and searchlights.

Little was done in the way of bombing, which had had its day.

But the machinery for some type of bombing had been set in motion and had to be used.

From the detonations I judged we were bombing their trenches.

"I thought it was a bombing machine that had come back," said Burnley untruthfully.

Right point to cover the right of the American bombing squad.

It was now decided that I should hand over the bombing to 2nd-Lieut.

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