爆撃(ばくげき)

ばくげき
noun; verb-suru
bombing, bombardment
1. bombing, bombardment, air raid
An attack using bombs, typically dropped from aircraft. Used in military and historical contexts to describe aerial bombing campaigns or individual bombing attacks.
都市(とし)が爆撃(ばくげき)を受(う)けた。
The city was bombed.
爆撃(ばくげき)により多(おお)くの建物(たてもの)が破壊(はかい)された。
Many buildings were destroyed by the bombing.
戦時中(せんじちゅう)、この地域(ちいき)は何度(なんど)も爆撃(ばくげき)を受(う)け、町(まち)は焼(や)け野原(のはら)になった。
During the war, this area was bombed repeatedly and the town was reduced to a burned wasteland.

FORMATION:
爆(ばく) (explode) + 撃(げき) (strike, attack). Can also function as a する verb: 爆撃(ばくげき)する (to bomb).

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 空襲(くうしゅう): air raid — focuses on the aerial nature of the attack
  • 爆撃(ばくげき): bombing — specifically emphasizes the use of bombs
  • 砲撃(ほうげき): bombardment with artillery, not from aircraft

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 爆撃(ばくげき)を受(う)ける: be bombed
  • 爆撃(ばくげき)する: to bomb
  • 爆撃機(ばくげきき): bomber (aircraft)
  • 無差別(むさべつ)爆撃(ばくげき): indiscriminate bombing
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