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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bombardment

/bäm-bär'-dmənt/ · Bom·bard·ment · IPA /bɑmbɑɹdmənt/
01 n. An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortif…
  1. 1.
    An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.