Usage of "aerial bombing"

Russian

воздушная бомбардировка

Portuguese

bombardeamento aéreo

Spanish

bombardeo aéreo

Catalan

bombardeig aeri

Dropping of bombs from aircraft against surface targets.

воздушная бомбардировка

Synonyms

Examples for "bombing"

NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia last year came under renewed criticism yesterday. 
 The Irish Times 

Iranian media say Sunni insurgent group Jundollah claimed responsibility for the bombing. 
 Reuters 

Navy security officers arrested eight protesters on the bombing range, police said. 
 The Irish Times 

Right now I'm sorting out the victims from the Vipers' clubhouse bombing. 
 Deadly Décisions 

The Pentagon informed Russian forces that the bombing mission was going ahead. 
 The Guardian 

The city was being subjected to a massive air bombardment. 
 The Irish Times 

The rebels, referred to as Houthis after the clan of their leaders, acknowledged the air bombardment. 
 Reuters 

A BBC team has witnessed the devastating effects of air bombardment on Syrian civilians after gaining rare access to rebel-held areas of Aleppo. 
 BBC 

The residents of Deshtatakh say they have endured days of shelling and air bombardments around their village. 
 Reuters 

But subjecting 2 million residents to aerial bombardment is far more inconvenient. 
 The Guardian 

Iqbal said the troops were using 105 mm howitzers and aerial bombardment. 
 Reuters 

It's like an aerial bombardment in which none of the shells explodes. 
 Full Circle 

Sammon must address a defensive strategy to cope with the likely aerial bombardment. 
 The Irish Times 

It made aerial bombardment impossible and also impeded the transport of heavy guns. 
 The Irish Times 

Usage of aerial bombing in English

The noise was so loud they thought it was an aerial bombing. 
 Reuters 

In spite of Israeli aerial bombing, the tunnel network has not been shut down. 
 Reuters 

With uncanny martial prescience, he would predict aerial bombing before airplanes had even been made. 
 The gun 

We've also had situations of sustained and significant aerial bombing raids and military operations, Kraehenbuehl said. 
 Reuters 

Almost exactly one hundred years ago, the world's first aerial bombing campaign took place -in Libya. 
 The Guardian 

Supporters of covert war against Iran see it as an alternative to aerial bombing raids or full-scale war. 
 The Guardian 

The damage that United States aerial bombing causes in Pakistan is most heavily concentrated where ethnic Pashtun live. 
 The Guardian 

A UN force led by the US started aerial bombing to drive the Iraqi army out of Kuwait. 
 Evil and the Mask 

Soviet aerial bombing and road attacks meant it was difficult for the mujahedin to secure steady food supplies, Hart learned. 
 Ghost wars 

Edinburgh - The British general who commanded the UN force in Bosnia last night criticised NATO's Kosovo aerial bombing campaign. 
 The Irish Times 

Michael Sherry, in his study of aerial bombing, notes that "so few in the air force asked questions." 
 The zinn reader 

From its earliest days the Afghan war had been brutal, characterized by indiscriminate aerial bombing and the widespread slaughter of civilians. 
 Ghost wars 

There was heavy aerial bombing on the outskirts of Gaza City, and Israeli naval ships shelled Deir el-Balah, in central Gaza. 
 The Guardian 

Securing them could not be left to an aerial bombing, which could lead to the dispersion of those agents, the official said. 
 Reuters 

The Russian press has been playing down the idea that Islamist militants might be targeting Russia over its aerial bombing campaign in Syria. 
 Radio NZ 

Raids by aircraft from Nazi Germany and fascist Italy constituted one of the first systematic aerial bombing campaigns to be conducted against civilians. 
 The Guardian 