bombing
Meaning of bombing
noun
- an act or instance of dropping or detonating a bomb somewhere.
a series of terrorist bombings
- attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.
they bombed the city at dawn
- move very quickly.
we were bombing down the motorway at breakneck speed
- (of a film, play, or other event) fail badly.
it just became another big-budget film that bombed
late 17th century: from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’, from Greek bombos, of imitative origin.
Information about bombing
- The plural form of bombing is: bombings.
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Hyphenation of bombing
bomb-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bombing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bombing synonyms
Meaning bombardment:
Meaning attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles:
Meaning burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning bombard with shells:
Meaning attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes:
Meaning attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:
Meaning attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning demolish (a building or town):
Meaning pull or knock down (a building):
Meaning make or become flat or flatter:
Meaning overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall:
Meaning destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar):
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning reduce to fine particles:
Meaning destroy utterly; wipe out:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning violently break (something) into pieces:
Meaning discharge heavy guns continuously:
Meaning move quickly:
Meaning move or act with great haste:
Meaning move or progress swiftly or at full speed:
Meaning move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time:
Meaning run at full speed over a short distance:
Meaning run or travel somewhere in a great hurry:
Meaning fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket:
Meaning move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly:
Meaning move with urgent haste:
Meaning move or travel hurriedly:
Meaning move or cause to move at high speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner:
Meaning move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way:
Meaning move very fast in a specified direction:
Meaning move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction:
Meaning move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound:
Meaning move or travel very quickly:
Meaning move or cause to move rapidly:
Meaning move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound:
Meaning make a low, continuous humming sound:
Meaning (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air:
Meaning move or pass very quickly:
Meaning demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied:
Meaning (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic:
Meaning (of a horse) go at the pace of a gallop:
Meaning clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter:
Meaning run with great speed:
Meaning depart hastily:
Meaning travel on wings or by aircraft; fly:
Meaning (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps:
Meaning move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind:
Meaning (especially of a small animal) move hurriedly with short steps:
Meaning make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet:
Meaning rush or dash in a specified direction:
Meaning run somewhere very quickly:
Meaning move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner:
Meaning move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly:
Meaning move at high speed:
Meaning move fast or suddenly in a specified direction:
Meaning go or leave somewhere quickly:
Meaning (of a person or vehicle) move very fast:
Meaning (of a vehicle) move quickly and jerkily:
Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:
Meaning snatch or remove (something) quickly:
Meaning fasten or be fastened with a clip or clips:
Meaning dance to pop or rock music:
Meaning move or travel fast:
Meaning drive or move in a way that is so fast as to almost be out of control:
Meaning a group of ships sailing together, engaged in the same activity, or under the same ownership:
Meaning display (a notice) in a public place:
Meaning go quickly:
Meaning operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle:
Meaning (of a business or a person) cease trading because of lack of funds:
Meaning carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus):
Meaning (of a pregnant woman) experience a miscarriage:
Meaning (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way:
Meaning a person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry:
Meaning (of a gun or missile) fail to discharge or fire properly:
Meaning (of a vehicle or its engine) undergo a mistimed explosion in the cylinder or exhaust:
Meaning (of a performer or show) be completely unsuccessful; fail totally:
Meaning fail to increase; remain static:
bombing antonyms
Meaning walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace:
Meaning walk in a leisurely way:
Meaning achieve the desired aim or result:
Anagrams of bombing
Words that rhyme with bombing
Bing, bing, sabing, Hibbing, Kuebbing, backstabbing, berobbing, bibbing, blabbing, blobbing, blubbing, bobbing, cabbing, cabobbing, clubbing, cobbing, cobwebbing, confabbing, crabbing, cribbing, cubbing, dabbing, demobbing, deribbing, dibbing, dobbing, drabbing, dribbing, drubbing, dubbing, ebbing, fibbing, flubbing, fobbing, frabbing, fubbing, gabbing, gibbing, glibbing, gobbing, grabbing, graverobbing, grubbing, hobbing, hobjobbing, hobnobbing, hubbing, jabbing, jibbing, jobbing
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