a situation in which so many questions or other things are directed at someone, that they find it difficult to deal with them:
A president is under constant bombardment from every direction .
Because you face such a bombardment of hostility , your initial response is to defend yourself.
More examples Fewer examples Otherwise, an additional small factor nr\nn appears in the attractive force due to neutral bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus The precursor is in fact confined by the continuous bombardment of plasma from the radial streams. From the Cambridge English Corpus These estimates are based upon the commonly considered degree of ionization due to cosmic-ray bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus A special section of this paper is devoted to the role of dust-surface cooling on the dust-dust interaction caused by neutral bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus The infantry was hesitant to advance under air cover, instead preferring to move in after the bombardment had expired. From the Cambridge English Corpus The bombardment force, as has been shown by numerical simulation [2], can then exceed the electrostatic forces. From the Cambridge English Corpus The physical reason for the attraction is the force of bombardment of electrons and ions which leads to dust charging. From the Cambridge English Corpus The mixed metal carbide and nitride may be formed by cosmic ray bombardment of metal nitrides. From the Cambridge English Corpus Even after suffering heavy bombardment , community networks were still able to function and continued to facilitate the generation of morale. From the Cambridge English Corpus This temperature control has permitted life to evolve as early as the end of the heavy bombardment 4 billion years ago. From the Cambridge English Corpus Organic matter formed from hydrolysis of metal carbides the bombardment was converted partially into beryllium carbide, which we have discussed in the preceding paragraph. From the Cambridge English Corpus The dust charging occur s owing to the bombardment of ambient plasma species on the dust grain surface. From the Cambridge English Corpus In any case, the molecules formed in the circumstellar environment are the same as those incorporated in comets and later delivered to planets by bombardment . From the Cambridge English Corpus

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aerial bombardment
No amount of aerial bombardment could have saved them.
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artillery bombardment
Hospitals, like the camps, have been subject to intense artillery bombardment .
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