bombings
SayBOM-ingzUS/ˈbɑmɪŋz/UK/ˈbɒmɪŋz/
- 1Plural of bombing.
Investigators linked the recent bombings to a single group.
Several coordinated bombings targeted transit stations during rush hour.
Note
Only the countable use of the noun takes this plural, so it counts separate incidents rather than naming an activity: three bombings in a week, but a city under heavy bombing. It covers bombs dropped from the air and bombs planted and set off on the ground, and only context tells them apart. The verb form bombing, a present participle, never takes -s.
bombings is a form of bombing
bombing, noun: The deliberate placing and setting off of bombs to cause destruction or harm. Full entry
- Forms
- bombingbombings plural
- Spelling
- bombing → bombings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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