bombsites
Where bombs landed
Bombsites are locations where bombs have exploded, particularly areas of urban destruction from aerial bombing during wartime: Children played in the bombsites left from the Blitz.
The term evokes rubble-strewn vacant lots in cities recovering from war.
Informally, calling a messy room a bombsite suggests chaotic disorder: Her bedroom looks like a bombsite.
Broken building fragments
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
devastation · collapsed · demolished · flattened · blasted · shattered · carnage · obliteration
Formal examination of facts
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
crater · detonation · fragment · residue · analysis · scene · cordon · EOD
Swift intensive attack
- LondonEngland's capital city
- DresdenSaxon capital city
- CoventryWest Midlands manufacturing city
- air raidAerial military attack
Luftwaffe · wartime · civilian · shelter · sirens · reconstruction · postwar · memorial
Unoccupied land parcel
- clearedFound not guilty
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
overgrown · derelict · empty · reclaimed · playground · parking · weeds · wildflowers
rubble
Broken building fragments
wreckage · devastation · collapsed · demolished · flattened · blasted · shattered · carnage · obliteration · leveled
investigation
Formal examination of facts
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
evidence · crater · detonation · fragment · residue · analysis · scene · cordon · EOD · examination
Blitz
Swift intensive attack
air raid · Luftwaffe · wartime · civilian · shelter · sirens · reconstruction · postwar · memorial · casualties
vacant lot
Unoccupied land parcel
- clearedFound not guilty
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- redevelopmentRebuilding an existing area
wasteland · overgrown · derelict · empty · reclaimed · playground · parking · weeds · wildflowers · abandoned
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, National Health Service, rationing, ration books
bombsitespreserved buildings
Structures maintained for posterity
heritage sites · conservation areas · architectural landmarks
bombsitessanctuaries
Protected places of refuge
safe havens · residential neighborhoods · protected areas · demilitarized zones · protected zones
bombsitesnew construction
building sites · new builds · construction sites · construction zones