bombing

Other forms of bombing

plural

bombings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bombing

What does bombing mean?

bombing means "an attack by dropping bombs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bombing?

bombing has 2 syllables: bom-bing. The stress falls on "bom". In IPA it is /ˈbɑmɪŋ/.

What is another word for bombing?

Close synonyms include bombardment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombing a common word?

bombing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.