bombardment
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)
a barrage of questions
Types & categories
- language hypernym
Related & opposite
- barrage derivation
Sense 2 noun
the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
Types & categories
- firing hypernym
Related & opposite
- shell derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)
Types & categories
- radiation hypernym
Sense 4 noun
an attack by dropping bombs
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
- bombing run hyponym
- carpet bombing hyponym
Related & opposite
- bomb derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barrage |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | language |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shell |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | firing |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bomb |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bombing run |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpet bombing |