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BOMBING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An attack by dropping bombs
Synonyms:
bombardment; bombing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bombing" is a kind of...):
attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bombing"):
bombing run (that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs)
area bombing; carpet bombing; saturation bombing (an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target)
Derivation:
bomb (throw bombs at or attack with bombs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bombing" is a kind of...):
sabotage (a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bombing"):
suicide bombing (a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb bomb
