Synonyms of the word

bombardment

• n. the act of bombing, especially towns or cities.
• n. heavy artillery fire.
• n. (physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

barrage

• n. an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
• n. a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them (Wikipedia).
• n. a concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
• n. (by extension) an overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
• n. (fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
• v. (transitive) to direct a barrage at; to bombard.

battery

• n. (electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical…
• n. (law) Act of inflicting unlawful physical violence to a person, legally distinguished from assault which…
• n. A coordinated group of artillery weapons.
• n. (historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
• n. An array of similar things.
• n. A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
• n. (baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together.
• n. (chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal.
• n. (music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.
• n. The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.

bombing

• n. The action of dropping bombs from the air.
• n. The action of placing and detonating bombs.
• v. present participle of bomb.

fire

• n. (uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon…
• n. (countable) An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained…
• n. (countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
• n. (uncountable, alchemy, philosophy) The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered a one of…
• n. (countable, Britain) A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
• n. (countable) The elements necessary to start a fire.
• n. (uncountable) The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun.
• n. Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
• n. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
• n. Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
• n. (countable) A button (on a joypad, joystick or similar device) usually used to make a video game character…
• v. (transitive) To set (something) on fire.
• v. (transitive) To heat without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
• v. (transitive) To drive away by setting a fire.
• v. (transitive) To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct…
• v. (transitive) To shoot (a device that launches a projectile or a pulse or stream of something).
• v. (intransitive) To shoot a gun, a cannon or a similar weapon.
• v. (transitive, sports) To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
• v. (intransitive, physiology) To cause an action potential in a cell.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly direct (something).
• v. (intransitive, computer sciences, software engineering) To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
• v. To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
• v. To animate; to give life or spirit to.
• v. To feed or serve the fire of.
• v. To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
• v. (farriery) To cauterize.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To catch fire; to be kindled.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.
• adj. (slang) Amazing.
• interj. A cry of distress indicating that something is on fire.
• interj. A signal to shoot.

firing

• n. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
• n. The fuel for a fire.
• n. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
• n. The dismissal of someone from a job.
• v. present participle of fire.

language

• n. (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a…
• n. (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
• n. (uncountable) The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
• n. (countable, uncountable) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
• n. (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which…
• n. (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
• n. (uncountable) Manner of expression.
• n. (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
• n. (uncountable) Profanity.
• v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.
• n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.

onrush

• n. A forceful rush or flow forward.
• n. An aggressive assault.
• v. To rush or flow forward forcefully.
• v. To assault aggressively.

onset

• n. A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.
• n. (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
• n. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus.
• n. (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to…
• n. (obsolete) A setting about; a beginning.
• n. (obsolete) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage.
• n. the start (of something).
• v. (obsolete) To assault; to set upon.
• v. (obsolete) To set about; to begin.

onslaught

• n. A fierce attack.
• n. A large number of people or things resembling an attack.

outpouring

• n. The sudden flowing of a large amount of something.

radiation

• n. The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
• n. The process of radiating waves or particles.
• n. The transfer of energy via radiation (as opposed to convection or conduction).
• n. Radioactive energy.

shelling

• v. present participle of shell.
• n. An artillery bombardment.
• n. The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
• n. (uncountable) grain from which the husk has been removed.
• n. (topology) An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other…
• n. Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.