# bombing

Pronunciation: say "BOM-ing" US /ˈbɑmɪŋ/, UK /ˈbɒmɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The deliberate placing and setting off of bombs to cause destruction or harm.
   - Simple: Setting off explosives in a place to hurt people or wreck things.
   - _The café bombing killed three people and injured dozens more._
   - _Investigators traced the bombing to a single homemade device left under a bench._
2. The act of dropping bombs from aircraft onto targets on the ground.
   - Simple: Dropping bombs from planes onto a target on the ground below.
   - _Aerial bombing reduced much of the factory district to rubble._
   - _The bombing raids over the capital continued for months._
4. The practice of wrapping a recreational drug in a covering and then swallowing it whole.
   - Simple: Wrapping a drug in something like paper and then swallowing it whole.
   - _Among users, bombing is favored for getting the dose down fast without the bitter taste._
   - _She avoided bombing because the wrapper sometimes stuck in her throat._

## Verb

3. Present participle and gerund of bomb. — present participle and gerund of bomb
   - Simple: Present participle of bomb. Use this form for an action happening right now.
   - _Enemy aircraft were bombing the harbor at dawn._
   - _Bombing the dam would flood the entire valley below._

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