bombings
Aerial assault missions
Bombings is the plural of bombing—attacks using explosive devices.
The word typically appears in news coverage of terrorist acts or military operations: The bombings killed dozens of civilians.
A single incident with multiple explosions may be called bombings: the London bombings, the embassy bombings.
Aggressive act against another
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- IEDMakeshift explosive weapon
extremist · target · shrapnel · blast · destruction · perpetrator · cell · plot
Aircraft-delivered military attack
- blitzSwift, overwhelming offensive
- raidSudden armed incursion
- sortieArmed raid outward
- payloadCarried freight or charge
ordinance · strategic · incendiary · Dresden · Hiroshima · Nagasaki · napalm · firebombing
Scientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- detonatorExplosive initiation device
timer · trigger mechanism · FBI · ATF · reconstruction · surveillance · suspect · arrest
Swift intensive attack
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- Oklahoma CityCentral plains metropolis
- LockerbieScottish disaster site
- World Trade CenterDestroyed NYC skyscraper complex
London Underground · Boston Marathon · Bali · embassy · memorial · anniversary · remembrance · survivor
attack
Aggressive act against another
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
IED · extremist · target · shrapnel · blast · destruction · perpetrator · cell · plot · radicalization
airstrike
Aircraft-delivered military attack
payload · ordinance · strategic · incendiary · Dresden · Hiroshima · Nagasaki · napalm · firebombing · B-52
forensics
Scientific crime-scene analysis
detonator · timer · trigger mechanism · FBI · ATF · reconstruction · surveillance · suspect · arrest · prosecution
Blitz
Swift intensive attack
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- Oklahoma CityCentral plains metropolis
- LockerbieScottish disaster site
World Trade Center · London Underground · Boston Marathon · Bali · embassy · memorial · anniversary · remembrance · survivor · monument
flop
Complete commercial failure
failed · defused · unexploded · evacuated · disrupted · thwarted · intercepted · foiled · prevented · suspicious package
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- ColombiaBogota, Medellin, Cali, Colombian flag, Colombian coffee
- Devastationrubble, debris, destruction, devastation, collapsed structures
- Alabama HistoryMontgomery, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr.
- treasontreason, high treason, sedition, turncoat, state betrayal
bombingsconstruction
Process of building something
rebuilding · reconstruction · building · restoration · development
bombingspeace
Freedom from disturbance
ceasefires · peacemaking · peace talks · diplomacy · reconciliation
bombingssheltering
Protecting from elements
protection · defense · evacuation · air defense · bomb shelters
- bombing runCombat aircraft attack mission
- carpet bombingsIntensive widespread aerial attacks
- atomic bombingNuclear weapon attack
- love bombingManipulative excessive affection
- WWII bombingsAerial attacks during second global conflict
- car bombingAttack via explosive-laden vehicle