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bombing

 noun
     
Related topics: Weapons
bomb‧ing [uncountable and countable]
PMW the use of bombs to attack a place:
The south-west of the country suffered an intensive bombing campaign.
They were planning bombing raids in some of America's major cities.
a terrorist network responsible for a wave of bombings in Paris
bombing of
the bombing of Hiroshima
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