a situation in which someone gets a lot of things such as questions, letters, or information to deal with He was subjected to a constant media bombardment. Synonyms and related words. Large amounts or quantities of a specific kind:avalanche, blizzard, bombardment... Explore Thesaurus.
1.1 (preclude someone from) (Of a situation or condition) prevent someone from doing something: his difficulties preclude him from leading a normal life. More example sentences. 1  The shock of what he saw and heard has, as I write, put him into a condition that precludes him from talking about it.
They're essentially synonymous: Proclivity is 'leaning to', propensity is 'nearness to' and predilection is 'preference for'. Worry about something more significant like the misuse of the words irony and disinterest or the mispronunciation of the the words route and forte.