Synonyms of bombing

bombing 1 of 2

noun

as in bombardment

Related Words

• bombardment
• assault
• raid
• air raid
• offensive
• aggression
• onslaught
• attempt
• blitzkrieg
• ambush
• onset
• offense
• rush
• blitz
• strike
• counterattack
• invasion
• coup de main
• counteroffensive
• descent
• sortie
• charge
• ambuscade
• counterassault
• counterstrike
• incursion
• breakthrough
• counteraggression
• envelopment
• sally
• siege
• foray
• sack
• pillage
• flanking
• storm
• ravage

Dissimilar Words

• defense
• resistance
• opposition
• guard
• security
• protection
• defensive
• shield
• shelter

bombing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bomb

1

as in flooding

to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once

following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flooding
• bombarding
• questioning
• interrogating
• barraging
• examining
• pumping
• debriefing
• harassing
• grilling
• quizzing
• querying
• annoying
• inundating
• pestering
• hounding
• cross-examining
• catechizing

2

as in flying

slang to proceed or move quickly

skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• racing
• speeding
• traveling
• rushing
• driving
• hurrying
• scurrying
• trotting
• jumping
• zipping
• chasing
• running
• buzzing
• blowing
• blasting
• shooting
• scooting
• stepping
• scuttling
• darting
• zooming
• tearing
• ramming
• ripping
• bowling
• jogging
• blazing
• whirling
• dashing
• bolting
• hurling
• hustling
• humping
• barreling
• bustling
• hastening
• hurtling
• rocketing
• jetting
• motoring
• pelting
• careering
• careening
• cracking (on)
• haring
• rustling
• breezing
• coursing
• bundling
• whisking
• beating it
• highballing
• belting
• cannonballing
• nipping
• hying
• galloping
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• sprinting
• hotfooting (it)
• streaking
• accelerating
• scampering
• flitting
• scudding
• scuffling
• whizzing
• stampeding
• overtaking
• beetling
• outrunning
• quickening
• stepping out
• outpacing
• outstripping
• catching up
• beelining
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• dragging
• poking
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• poking
• loitering
• dawdling
• strolling
• shuffling
• plodding
• sauntering
• lumbering
• ambling
• dallying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying
• decelerating
• tarrying

3

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• failing
• flopping
• missing
• folding
• struggling
• cratering
• striking out
• tanking
• flunking
• crashing
• foundering
• flaming out
• falling short
• falling flat
• declining
• coming to grief
• dying on the vine
• coming up empty
• laying an egg
• washing out
• coming a cropper
• skidding
• crumbling
• slumping
• falling on one's face
• slipping
• floundering
• misfiring
• sinking
• waning
• miscarrying
• imploding
• going under
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeding
• going
• delivering
• clicking
• working out
• going over
• coming off
• cooking
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering
• winning
• panning out
• prevailing
• triumphing

4

as in burying

to defeat by a large margin

it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burying
• whipping
• throwing
• overcoming
• flattening
• upsetting
• routing
• annihilating
• beating
• dusting
• smoking
• smothering
• mastering
• thrashing
• trimming
• taking
• pasting
• blowing away
• destroying
• topping
• sweeping
• scoring
• skinning
• overwhelming
• succeeding
• clobbering
• tromping
• waxing
• creaming
• whopping
• conquering
• drubbing
• walloping
• dispatching
• crushing
• shellacking
• whupping
• trouncing
• slaughtering
• capping
• surpassing
• exceeding
• eating alive
• snowing under
• whomping
• skunking
• running circles around
• beating the pants off
• wiping the floor with
• overthrowing
• finishing
• licking
• subduing
• prevailing (over)
• subjugating
• winning (against)
• vanquishing
• triumphing (over)
• surmounting
• overpowering
• hurdling
• knocking over
• upending
• overmatching
• transcending
• overtopping
• eclipsing
• outdoing
• knocking off
• flourishing
• bettering
• besting
• outdistancing
• worsting
• outstripping
• outshining
• sinking
• excelling
• edging (out)
• overbearing
• breaking
• outfighting
• acing (out)
• doing in
• pipping
• nosing out

5

as in attacking

to use bombs or artillery against

the enemy has bombed the city again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• shelling
• battering
• bombarding
• blitzing
• pounding
• blitzkrieging
• cannonading
• ravaging
• strafing
• assaulting
• enfilading
• hitting
• raking
• devastating
• assailing
• striking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bombing

Noun

Defense attorney Lauren Rosen argued that prosecutors failed to present any evidence tying Sharifullah to the bombing besides his own words during hours of FBI questioning. —Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026

The more time goes on, the more Swift applies that love-bombing, perhaps, to her own relationship to her fans and fame. —Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026

Last August, Mordisco's Central General Staff killed at least 18 people in a drone attack on a helicopter and a car bombing. —Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026

Holman has found, for example, that people who followed the highest amounts of news media coverage of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing reported higher acute stress than people who were directly exposed to the bombing. —Makenzie Boucher, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026

Investors noticed, driving up the company’s shares as much as 70% in the month after the bombing began, and keeping its stock on a roller coaster ever since. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

Saturday’s bombing was the most fatal in a string of attacks in Cauca in recent days, which is one of the regions most affected by Colombia’s internal armed conflict. —Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

Trump eliminated the top echelon of Iran’s leadership, including the supreme leader, and directed a massive and prolonged bombing of the country. —Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026

The bombing is the latest attack in the region, with more than two dozen incidents reported in the past three days in southwestern Colombia. —ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

Verb

Now, the president’s not only banning Iran but also bombing it, to the tune of a $25-billion war. —Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026

Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israeli military personnel that the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon allow Israel to continue bombing throughout the country. —Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026

That same poll found a wide partisan gap on bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants. —Emily Guskin, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026

The center is named after bombing survivor Gillian Reny, who nearly lost a leg but was saved by first responders. —Neal Riley, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

That’s not through blockading a drop of oil from reaching an island through bombing the economic infrastructure of the island, and through maximalist foreign policy pressures threatening military intervention. —NBC news, 12 Apr. 2026

Suzie got to show versatility and sexiness after bombing the Vegas challenge. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026

Then days later the US and Israel began bombing Iran. —Clay Chandler, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026

Why Israel is bombing Lebanon amid the ceasefire. —Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026