bombing
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈbɒm.ɪŋ/ us/ˈbɑː.mɪŋ/
B2 炸弹袭击;轰炸
an attack or attacks on a place or area using bombs, or the activity of attacking in this way
Heavy bombing has gutted the city. 狂轰烂炸已将这座城市化为废墟。
There was a wave of bombings in the south of the country. 这个国家的南部发生了一系列的爆炸案。
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- The church was destroyed in the bombing but the altar survived intact.
- Police have not so far been able to extort a confession from the people accused of the bombing.
- Intensive bombing had reduced the city to rubble.
- Allied bombing left Dresden in ashes in 1945.
- Local people were outraged at the bombing.