bombardment definition
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bombardment bombardment - the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays) radiation - the act of spreading outward from a central source.
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- Particle bombardment is a technique which can be used to introduce foreign DNA to a cell culture. Over the past several years, particle bombardment has progressed into a valuable tool for molecular biologists, permitting direct gene transfer to a broad wide range of cell and tissue types.
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- noun barraging Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops. 1; noun barraging an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms: a barrage of questions. 1
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garrison The definition of a garrison is a military fort or a body of troops stationed at a military fort. An example of garrison is a group of army units. Garrison is defined as to provide or occupy with troops. An example of garrison is to send army troops to an area in need. garrison.
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siegenoun  [ C or U] uk ​ /siːdʒ/ us ​ /siːdʒ/. › the surrounding of a place by an armed force in order to defeat those defending it: The siege of Mafeking lasted for eight months. The soldiers laid siege to (= started a siege of) the city. The castle was under siege for months.
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Strategic bombing during World War II Strategic bombing during World War II was the sustained aerial attack on railways, harbours, cities, workers' housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory during World War II.Strategic bombing is a military strategy which is distinct from both close air support of ground forces and tactical air power.nternational law at the outset of World War II did not specifically forbid aerial bombardment of cities despite the prior occurrence of such bombing during World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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- A barrage is a particular method of delivering massed artillery fire from a few or many batteries. Individual guns or howitzers are aimed at points, typically 20–30 yards (18–27 m) apart, along one or more lines that can be from a few hundred to several thousand yards long.
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garrison The definition of a garrison is a military fort or a body of troops stationed at a military fort. An example of garrison is a group of army units. Garrison is defined as to provide or occupy with troops. An example of garrison is to send army troops to an area in need.
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Detonation The initial shock wave is visible on the water surface, and a shock condensation cloud is visible overhead. Detonation (from Latin detonare, meaning to thunder down) is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Detonations occur in both conventional solid and liquid explosives, as well as in reactive gases.
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Definitions &Translations causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin. the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit; the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces; a ruinous war.
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- A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile, which may or may not be explosive.
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Kinetic bombardment Kinetic bombardment has the advantage of being able to deliver projectiles from a very high angle at a very high speed, making them extremely difficult to defend against.
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Definitions &Translations Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word barrage. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught(noun) the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) a barrage of questions; a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake.
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- Define besiege. besiege synonyms, besiege pronunciation, besiege translation, English dictionary definition of besiege. tr.v. be·sieged , be·sieg·ing , be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces: The soldiers besieged the walled city. 2. To crowd around; hem in: Fans...
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bastion Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work. a fortified place. anything seen as preserving or protecting some quality, condition, etc.: a bastion of solitude; a bastion of democracy.
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Definitions &Translations Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  onslaught(noun) a sudden and severe onset of trouble. 2  attack, onslaught, onset, onrush(noun) (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) the attack began at dawn.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: barrage(Noun) an artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow. barrage(Noun) a heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
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projectile projectile. n. 1. an object or body thrown forwards. 2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) any self-propelling missile, esp one powered by a rocket or the rocket itself. 3. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) any object that can be fired from a gun, such as a bullet or shell.
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Garrison Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, to equip) is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle or similar.Garrison town is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby.n Ireland, Association football (as distinct from Gaelic football) has historically been termed the garrison game or the garrison sport for its connections with British military serving in Irish cities and towns.
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besiegement besiegement definition: Noun (countable and uncountable, plural besiegements) 1. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged.Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyrigh...
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triangle triangle. a three-cornered object, figure, or area, such as a delineated area on the surface of the body; called also trigone. carotid triangle, inferior that between the median line of the neck in front, the sternocleidomastoid muscle, and the anterior belly of the omohyoid muscle.
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firing 1. shelling-the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops; the shelling went on for hours without pausing. barrage fire, barrage, bombardment, battery.
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blast 9. the charge explosive used at one firing in blasting operations. 10. the act of exploding; explosion. 11. any pernicious or destructive influence, esp. on animals or plants; a blight. 12. the sudden death of buds, flowers, or young fruit. 13. to make a loud noise on; blow: to blast a horn.
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barrage Definition of barrage. 1  1 military : artillery fire laid on a line (see 1line 6c) close to friendly troops to screen and protect them The enemy laid down a barrage of machine-gun fire as our platoon approached the bridge.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Garrison is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The garrison is usually in a city, town, fort, castle or similar.
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- Check your grammar now! : an electronic device that detonates a projectile within effective range of the target by means of the radio waves sent out from a tiny radio set in the nose of the projectile and reflected back to the set from the target —called also radio proximity fuze, variable time fuze, VT fuze.