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
  • Some, like France's Maginot Line, became border fortresses stretching for miles, while German coastal defenses sat on the cliffs of Normandy, requiring the Allies to take out with sea bombardments and direct infantry assaults.
    — David Szondy June 23, New Atlas, 23 June 2026
  • The bombardments have largely occurred in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel, and around Beirut, near the airport.
    — Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
Definition of bombardments
Noun
  • Ukrainian officials describe the strikes as a campaign to pressure Moscow to end the war by undermining its military logistics and supply lines and weakening its ability to mount assaults along the front.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Ukrainian officials describe the strikes as a campaign to pressure Moscow to end the war by undermining military logistics and supply lines and weakening its ability to mount front-line assaults.
    — Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of assaults
Noun
  • After Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in Los Angeles, several people filed a lawsuit in July 2025 alleging authorities questioned them without justification.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The raids were part of Operation Broken Blade, a federal crackdown on activity along the Figueroa corridor.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of raids
Noun
  • 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
  • The underground world of caves is remarkably diverse, serving various purposes such as storage, industrial work, living quarters, burial sites, tanneries, and shelters during air raids.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
Definition of air raids
Noun
  • Since the army broke the siege on el-Obeid last year, the RSF has launched multiple offensives in attempts to reestablish the siege from several directions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • By targeting logistics hubs and resource stockpiles, Ukraine is attacking the systems that sustain Russian offensives.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Definition of offensives
Noun
  • Russia appeared to be flexing its military muscle in a show of force with its latest aerial onslaughts on Ukraine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Wardley, 31, had never lost in 21 bouts before Saturday, and somehow withstood numerous onslaughts from Dubois (23-3) without ever touching the canvas in a remarkable display of courage.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 9 May 2026
Definition of onslaughts
Noun
  • Vitello, meanwhile, just takes it — macro- and micro-aggressions alike.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • Athens was a belligerent city-state that fell victim to its own aggressions.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Definition of aggressions
Noun
  • If the shot is converted, the free throw is worth three points on three-point attempts or two points on two-point attempts.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Firefighters made several attempts to reach them but were unable to rescue them, per the Akron Beacon Journal.
    — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of attempts

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