Bombing — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an attack by dropping bombs

the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹdɪˌæsθmə/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈʌmd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈʌmd/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹdɪˌæsθmə/.

Examples

The Americans bombed Dresden
She studied hard but failed nevertheless
Did I fail the test?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

bombard bomb flush it flunk bombardment fail

Antonyms

pass

Parts of Speech

noun	an attack by dropping bombs
noun	the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists
verb	throw bombs at or attack with bombs “The Americans bombed Dresden”
verb	fail to get a passing grade “She studied hard but failed nevertheless”

Word Forms

bomb	verb	throw bombs at or attack with bombs
bombard	verb	throw bombs at or attack with bombs
bombardment	noun	an attack by dropping bombs
bomber	noun	a person who plants bombs
bomb	noun	an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
bombing	noun	an attack by dropping bombs
failing	noun	failure to reach a minimum required performance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bombardierung

ein Angriff durch Bombenabwurf

🇫🇷French

bombardement

une attaque en larguant des bombes

🇪🇸Spanish

bombardeo

un ataque lanzando bombas

🇮🇹Italian

bombardamento

un attacco lanciando bombe

🇳🇱Dutch

bombardementen

een aanval door bommen te laten vallen

🇵🇹Portuguese

bombardeio

um ataque lançando bombas

🇷🇺Russian

бомбардировка

атака сбрасыванием бомб

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बम विस्फोट

बम गिराकर हमला

🇧🇩Bengali

বোমা হামলা

বোমা ফেলে আক্রমণ

🇮🇳Tamil

குண்டுவீச்சு

குண்டுகளை வீசி தாக்குதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

బాంబు దాడి

బాంబులు వేయడం ద్వారా దాడి

🇮🇳Marathi

बॉम्बस्फोट

बॉम्ब टाकून हल्ला

🇮🇳Gujarati

બોમ્બ ધડાકા

બોમ્બ ફેંકીને હુમલો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಾಂಬ್ ದಾಳಿ

ಬಾಂಬ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಬೀಳಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ದಾಳಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബോംബിംഗ്

ബോംബ് വർഷിച്ചുള്ള ആക്രമണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੰਬਾਰੀ

ਬੰਬ ਸੁੱਟ ਕੇ ਹਮਲਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بمباری

بم گرا کر حملہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

轰炸

投掷炸弹的攻击

🇯🇵Japanese

爆撃

爆弾投下による攻撃

🇰🇷Korean

폭격

폭탄을 투하하는 공격

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đánh bom

một cuộc tấn công bằng cách thả bom

🇹🇭Thai

การวางระเบิด

การโจมตีด้วยการทิ้งระเบิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengeboman

serangan dengan menjatuhkan bom

🇵🇭Filipino

pambobomba

isang pag-atake sa pamamagitan ng pagbagsak ng mga bomba

🇲🇾Malay

pengeboman

serangan dengan menjatuhkan bom

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قصف

هجوم بإسقاط القنابل

🇮🇷Persian

بمباران

حمله با پرتاب بمب

🇹🇷Turkish

bombalama

bomba atarak saldırı

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַפצָצָה

התקפה באמצעות הטלת פצצות

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