vbl. sb. [f. BOMBARD v. + -ING1.] An assailing with shot and shell; a bombardment.
1687. Lond. Gaz., No. 2226/2. The preparations for the Bombarding of Agria.
1756. Burke, Vind. Nat. Soc., Wks. I. 31. The present perfection of gunnery, cannoneering, bombarding, mining.
1880. McCarthy, Own Times, III. xlv. 357. There were more murders and more bombardings yet.
