bombings

noun

plural of bombing
as in bombardments

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Recent Examples of bombings Leading the effort is the ATF National Response Team, a specialized rapid-response force that responds to the nation’s highest-profile bombings, explosions and arson, including the 9/11 World Trade Center attack and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombings
  1. bombardments
  2. assaults
  3. raids
  4. air raids
  5. offensives
  6. onslaughts
  7. aggressions
  8. attempts
Noun
  • The two-day stoppage of early warnings raised alarm bells in Ukraine, where Russia has been increasing bombardments of power plants and, that night, hit a nine-story building in Kyiv and other civilian sites, killing five people.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine is struggling to counter escalating Russian bombardments that have killed more than 60 people in the last four days.
    — Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of bombardments
Noun
  • The cases include five inmates killed behind bars and assaults against staff and inmates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Following its release, six women independently went to police and accused him of past assaults.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of assaults
Noun
  • Five dolphins died in less than eight months, sparking public outrage, raids by law enforcement and a criminal investigation.
    — Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Faheem Akram, 33, was arrested after a weekslong search involving raids across several parts of the country, a senior official at the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, Atif Ameer, told reporters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of raids
Noun
  • Almost constant air raids in Kyiv have now reached their third day, choking the economy in the Ukrainian capital and severely disrupting civilian life more than 4½ years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Moore’s wartime Shelter Drawings depict families sheltering in the London Underground during air raids, while foreshadowing the abstract, organic forms of his later sculpture.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of air raids
Noun
  • Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Only small offensives are possible Ukraine can conduct localized offensives but not enough to shift the broader battlefield balance, despite mounting Russian losses.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of offensives
Noun
  • In fact, reported evidence suggests this software commitment (from a company making its revenue from hardware) has been crucial to Nvidia’s success in fending off onslaughts from other hardware vendors such as Intel.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine has been largely helpless in similar Russian onslaughts in recent weeks.
    — Tom Bowman, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of onslaughts
Noun
  • As quotas for immigration arrests increased that spring, he was asked to press felony charges for even minor aggressions against agents.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The United States deploys about 28,500 troops in South Korea as deterrence against potential aggressions from North Korea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of aggressions
Noun
  • Assassination attempts against Putin's foes -- routinely denied by the Kremlin -- have been common during his decades in power.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Horned Frogs averaged more rushing attempts than passing attempts while going 13-2.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of attempts

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