bombing
C1076
concept
Bombing is the deliberate act of attacking a target by detonating explosive devices, typically from aircraft or planted charges, to cause destruction, damage, or intimidation.
Aliases (9)
- aerial bombing ×7
- air raid ×3
- Allied bombing raid ×1
- bombing campaign ×1
- car bombing ×1
- firebombing raid ×1
- military air raid ×1
- suicide attack ×1
- truck bombing ×1
Instances (23)
- Doolittle Raid ("air raid")
- 2013 Boston Marathon bombing
- Bombing of Guernica ("aerial bombing")
- Haymarket affair
- Operation Meetinghouse ("aerial bombing")
- Bloody Friday ("bombing campaign")
- Birmingham pub bombings
- Enniskillen bombing
- Omagh bombing ("car bombing")
- Bari ("military air raid")
- Operation Mondscheinsonate ("aerial bombing")
- Ploiești raid ("aerial bombing")
- Bombing of Wieluń ("aerial bombing")
- bombing of Coventry ("aerial bombing")
- Tokyo Raid ("air raid")
- September 11 attacks ("suicide attack")
- Clydebank ("aerial bombing")
- Operation Hydra ("Allied bombing raid")
- Centennial Olympic Park bombing
- Central Legislative Assembly bombing
- Attack on Taranto ("air raid")
- Docklands bombing in London in 1996 ("truck bombing")