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.
Learner's definition of PRETENSE. 1. [count] : a false reason or explanation that is used to hide the real purpose of something: pretext. He called her under/on the pretense of asking about the homework assignment. [=asking about the homework assignment was not the real reason he called her].