bombardment
Continuous artillery assault
Bombardment is a sustained attack with artillery, bombs, or other projectiles: The city endured weeks of bombardment.
By extension, any overwhelming barrage—of questions, criticism, information, or stimuli: a bombardment of emails, the constant bombardment of advertising.
In physics, bombardment refers to directing particles at a target to study atomic structure.
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- cannonadeSustained artillery fire
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
shelling · mortar · strike · raid · blitz · offensive · assault · incursion
Sustained, overwhelming attack
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- hailIcy precipitation pellets
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
avalanche · storm · onslaught · flurry · cascade · wave · tide · surge
Pressure, mental or vocal
- strainExcessive stretching force
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
assault · harassment · besieged · inundation · overload · relentless · unrelenting · constant
Sealing off a place
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- besiegeSurround to force surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
stronghold · breach · rampart · battering ram · siege tower · trebuchet · catapult · sappers
Proton or neutron
- protonPositive nuclear particle
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
- electronNegative subatomic particle
- ionCharged atom or molecule
fragmentation · collision · accelerator · fission · irradiation · target · beam · cyclotron
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- cannonadeSustained artillery fire
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
volley · shelling · mortar · strike · raid · blitz · offensive · assault · incursion · invasion
barrage
Sustained, overwhelming attack
flood · avalanche · storm · onslaught · flurry · cascade · wave · tide · surge · spate
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
oppression · assault · harassment · besieged · inundation · overload · relentless · unrelenting · constant · persistent
blockade
Sealing off a place
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- besiegeSurround to force surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
citadel · stronghold · breach · rampart · battering ram · siege tower · trebuchet · catapult · sappers · trenches
nucleon
Proton or neutron
ion · fragmentation · collision · accelerator · fission · irradiation · target · beam · cyclotron · synchrotron
- Western Fronttrenches, battlefields, Ypres, Somme, Verdun
- aggressionhostility, violence, attack, fight, combativeness
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- aerial bombardmentAttack by aircraft-dropped explosives
- naval bombardmentWarships attacking coastal targets
- artillery bombardmentSustained heavy weapons fire