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- noun Plural form of
bombardment .
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Examples
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Ineffectual negotiations thus resulted in English bombardments in 1622, 1655, and 1672.
1574 2001
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It was a pathetic little burial plot, filled with the bodies of women and children who had been killed in German bombardments of the town.
Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919
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Government officials in Seoul called the bombardments "inhumane atrocities" that violated the 1953 armistice halting the Korean War.
Korea Attack: Yeonpyeong Island Shelled By North Korea (PHOTOS, VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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JAN. EGELAN., U.N. EMERGEN.Y RELIEF COORDIN.TOR: What I said in the rubble of the bombardments, which is a Shia suburb where Hezbollah is very strong, I said three things that are totally wrong.
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The army chief of staff, General Romeo Vazquez, said the bombardments were a "serenade" to celebrate the country's armed forces day.
News 2009
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The source close to the head of state said that "bombardments" were taking place, after Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government troops withdrew from the town and rebels marched in
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House-to-house visitation, open-air 'bombardments' among the holiday crowds, and great meetings in the citadel were included in the attack.
The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men" Minnie Lindsay Rowell Carpenter
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Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said that since early June, at least 200,000 people in South Kordofan have been killed, injured or forced to flee their homes and land by ongoing fighting and aerial bombardments.
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Amanda Pitt, a spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said that since early June, at least 200,000 people in South Kordofan have been killed, injured or forced to flee their homes and land by ongoing fighting and aerial bombardments.
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He had lived and worked in Libya for eight years, but was determined to escape to a place where his wife, Gift, and their young children would no longer fear the aerial bombardments that had become part of daily life in Tripoli.
Samer Muscati: Libya's Forgotten Civilians Samer Muscati 2011
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