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bombardment

bombardment

3 6.1
Many questions or messages sent quickly and repeatedly to someone
  • noun
  • /bɑmˈbɑrdmənt/
translation icon : bombardeo
  • By focusing on how to sift and combine them, learners will successfully deal with the bombardment of an atmosphere filled with information.

The stresses, the bombardment with questions, the need to come up with answers.

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Examples

  • I'm laying off on the info bombardment, and it seems a healthy thing.

    Blog text (32)

  • Regarding email bombardment, I have occasionally had a similar problem with text messages.

    Blog text (22)

  • I walk really slowly and I just let the bombardment of ideas hit me.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • We feel that our life is a constant bombardment of things happening to us, of things that other people do towards us.

    Jay Shetty Podcast

  • The stresses, the bombardment with questions, the need to come up with answers.

    Film Courage

  • And so I've always wanted to be in a place where there was a constant bombardment of these ideas.

  • The five minutes a day you spend with her... can't compete with that constant bombardment.

    True Lies (1994)

  • We need an occasional catastrophe to break up the incessant bombardment of information.

    White Noise (2022)

  • The morale of civil servants has been seriously undermined by continuous bombardment from elected legislators.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The teacher's bombardment of questions overwhelmed the students during the exam preparation.

Synonyms

messaging
vsbombardment
  • Texting
44 2.6

The sending and receiving of messages on phones or computers, for example texts and email

is about rapid continuous communication across speech or writing
outpouring
vsbombardment
42 4.2

A sudden large flow, for example of water, or a strong expression of feeling

is a steady rapid stream rather than a one time release
barrage
vsbombardment
35 6.8

A large fast stream of questions, messages or criticism sent to someone

is continuous but not necessarily concentrated or aimed at one target
onslaught
vsbombardment
12 7.9

A sudden large flow of questions or complaints

is a rapid continuous stream without violent or aggressive sense
torrent of words
vsbombardment
  • Informal
1 6.8

A fast flow of words spoken with strong feeling

also covers rapid written communication, not only speech

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

quiet
45 1.0

A calm time with little or no sound

How Intense

onslaught
12 7.9
bombardment
3 6.1
barrage
35 6.8
stream
  • Texting
95 3.2

Surface Forms

bombardment singular
bombardments plural

Morphology

bombardment = bombard (transparent) = bombard + ment

The figurative sense (a stream of questions or messages) is a direct extension of 'bombard' meaning to assail persistently and is readily inferable.

Etymology

Bombardment comes from the idea of repeated hits, like a storm of bombs, and people use the image for words too. So a 'bombardment' of questions or messages is many of them coming at you quickly and without a break.