- 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.
Meaning of 'Bombardment' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . bombardment
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
Example in sentence:
a barrage of questions;
a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake
Meaning (2): - the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Example in sentence:
the shelling went on for hours without pausing;
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops