1. An attack by dropping bombs
   "The city suffered heavy damage from the aerial bombing";
   - bombardment
    
2. The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
   "The bombing of the embassy shocked the international community"

1. Throw bombs at or attack with bombs
   "The Americans bombed Dresden";
   - bombard
    
2. [informal] Be unsuccessful in a test, get lower than the passing grade
   "She studied hard but bombed nevertheless";
   - fail, flunk [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. [Brit, informal] Move quickly and violently
   "The car bombed down the street";
   - tear [informal], shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, scream [informal]
    
4. [informal] Fail badly
   "How many contracting businesses will bomb this year?";
   - tank [N. Amer, informal], crash and burn [informal]

Derived forms: bombings

Type of: assail, attack, barrel [informal], belt [informal], belt along [informal], bucket [informal], bucket along [informal], fail, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, hurry, neglect, onrush, onset, onslaught, pelt [informal], pelt along [informal], race, rocket [informal], rush, rush along, sabotage, speed, step on it [informal], travel rapidly, whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], wing [informal], zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal]

Encyclopedia: Bombing