1. An attack by dropping bombs
   "The city suffered heavy damage from the aerial bombardment";
   - bombing
    
2. The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
   "they laid down a bombardment in front of the advancing troops";
   - barrage, barrage fire, battery, shelling
    
3. The act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
   "Scientists used particle bombardment to study the atomic structure"
    
4. The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
   "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake";
   - barrage, outpouring, onslaught

Derived forms: bombardments

Type of: attack, fire, firing, language, linguistic communication, onrush, onset, onslaught, radiation

Encyclopedia: Bombardment