- present participle of bomb.
bombing
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It was not clear who was responsible for the bombing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
In Adam Makos’s “Tidal Wave,” unlikely rescuers turn a blood-soaked Allied bombing mission into a succession of escapes, reversals and acts of courage across enemy lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A major American bombing raid struck Vemork on November 16, 1943, contributing to the eventual end of heavy water production there.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
You bring up a historical moment that not a lot of Cuban Americans know about, which was the 1976 bombing of Cubana Flight 455, by an anti-Castro Cuban exile group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
“No amount of bombing can end the war,” an exhausted-looking McNamara told a few reporters in an off-the-record discussion in February.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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