bombing
/ˈbɒmɪŋ/
bombing noun: the action of dropping bombs from the air. Also the present participle and gerund of bomb.
Noun
bombing (countable and uncountable, plural bombings)
- The action of dropping bombs from the air.
- The action of placing and detonating bombs.
- The act of bombing a drug (wrapping it in a covering before swallowing it).
Also used as
bombing is also the present participle and gerund of bomb.
bombing meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
bombing in Hindi
- action of dropping bombs from the air
- बमबारी bambārī
bombing in Marathi
- action of dropping bombs from the air
- बाँबफेक bŏmbphek, बाँबवर्षाव bŏmbvarṣāv
bombing in Urdu
- action of dropping bombs from the air
- بمباری bambārī
bombing in Bengali
- বোমাবাজি, বোমাবর্ষণ
More languagesFewer languages
- bombing in Punjabi
- ਬੰਬਾਰੀ
- bombing in Gujarati
- બોમ્બમારો
- bombing in Odia
- ବୋମାବର୍ଷଣ
- bombing in Arabic
- تَفْجِير tafjīr, قَصْف qaṣf
- bombing in Persian
- بمباران bombârân
- bombing in Thai
- การทิ้งระเบิด
- bombing in Vietnamese
- việc ném bom
Forms of bombing
| plural | bombings |
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Words formed from bombing
Phrases with bombing
- R bombing
- bombing off
- bombing out
- bug bombing
- bombing runs
- dive bombing
- pipe bombing
- zero bombing
- Zoom bombing
- glide bombing
- bombing around
- letter bombing
3 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about bombing
- What does bombing mean?
- Bombing means the action of dropping bombs from the air.
- What is bombing in Hindi?
- Bombing in Hindi is बमबारी (bambārī). See Bombing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bombing?
- Bombing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bombing?
- Bombing is pronounced /ˈbɒmɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of bombing?
- The plural of bombing is bombings.
Words near bombing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bombing (page history and authors); bombing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bombing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bombing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bombing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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