Methods of War, The Escalating Campaign, Part B

What is inside the term BOMBING, BOMB?

 

Start here,  part A

 Bombing? Just what does that mean, now, really? Putin's play book and step-up campaign. 

Methods of War

3 parts

a. what's in a bomb?

 https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/bombing-just-what-does-that-mean-now.html

b. the escalating campaign of the psychopath

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/methods-of-war-escalating-campaign-part.html

c. Hitler Blitzkrieg

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/methods-of-war-blitzkrieg-part-c.html

Suggestion: start with this first group of terms, and click to go to words that catch your eye:

synonyms for assault

• aggression
• charge
• incursion
• invasion
• offensive
• onslaught
• rape
• strike
• violation
• advance
• onset
• storm
• storming

synonyms for attack

• aggression
• barrage
• charge
• incursion
• intervention
• intrusion
• invasion
• offensive
• onslaught
• outbreak
• raid
• rape
• skirmish
• strike
• violation
• advance
• assailing
• blitz
• blitzkrieg
• defilement
• drive
• encounter
• encroachment
• foray
• initiative
• inroad
• irruption
• mugging
• offense
• onrush
• onset
• push
• rush
• storming
• thrust
• volley
• assailment
• dirty deed

synonyms for bombs

• ammo
• armament
• arsenal
• bullets
• explosives
• grenades
• gunpowder
• missiles
• shells
• torpedos
• weapons

synonyms for bomb

• device
• explosive
• mine
• missile
• projectile
• rocket
• torpedo
• bombshell
• charge
• grenade
• shell
• ticker
• Molotov cocktail
• atom bomb
• hydrogen bomb
• nuclear bomb

Similar and opposite words

bomb

noun

1.

a container filled with explosive, incendiary material, smoke, gas, or other destructive substance, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a time mechanism, remote-control device, or lit fuse.

Similar

explosive

incendiary device

incendiary

device

missile

projectile

trajectile

blockbuster

bombshell

nuclear weapons considered collectively as agents of mass destruction.

Similar

nuclear weapons

nuclear bombs

atom bombs

A-bombs

2.

a large sum of money.

Similar

a fortune

a small fortune

a king's ransom

a huge amount

a vast sum

a large sum of money

a lot

millions

billions

a packet

a mint

a bundle

a pile

a wad

a pretty penny

an arm and a leg

a tidy sum

a killing

loadsamoney

shedloads

silly money

big bucks

big money

gazillions

big bickies

verb

1.

attack (a place or vehicle) with a bomb or bombs.

Similar

bombard

drop bombs on

explode

blast

shell

torpedo

blitz

strafe

pound

attack

assault

raid

blow up

blow to bits

blow sky-high

destroy

wipe out

level

raze (to the ground)

demolish

flatten

topple

wreck

devastate

pulverize

obliterate

ravage

smash

cannonade

2.

move very quickly.

Similar

speed

hurry

race

run

sprint

dash

bolt

dart

rush

hasten

hurtle

career

streak

shoot

whiz

zoom

go like lightning

go hell for leather

spank along

bowl along

rattle along

whirl

whoosh

buzz

swoop

flash

blast

charge

stampede

gallop

sweep

hare

fly

wing

scurry

scud

scutter

scramble

belt

pelt

tear

hotfoot it

zap

zip

whip

scoot

scorch

burn rubber

go like a bat out of hell

bucket

shift

put one's foot down

go like the clappers

leg it

wheech

clip

boogie

hightail

barrel

lay rubber

get the lead out

fleet

post

hie

drive

vulgar slang

drag/tear/haul ass

Opposite

amble

stroll

3.

(of a movie, play, or other event) fail miserably.

Similar

fail

be unsuccessful

not succeed

lack success

fall through

fall flat

break down

abort

miscarry

be defeated

suffer defeat

be in vain

be frustrated

collapse

founder

misfire

backfire

not come up to scratch

meet with disaster

come to grief

come to nothing

come to naught

miss the mark

run aground

go astray

flop

fizzle out

flatline

come a cropper

bite the dust

blow up in someone's face

go down like a lead balloon

Opposite

succeed

From Oxford Languages

synonyms for A-bomb

• nuclear bomb
• nuclear weapon
• physics package
• thermonuclear bomb

synonyms for weapon

• ammunition
• bomb
• cannon
• firearm
• gun
• knife
• machete
• machine gun
• missile
• nerve gas
• pistol
• revolver
• rifle
• shotgun
• sword
• tear gas
• arbalest
• archery
• arrow
• assegai
• ax
• axe
• backsword
• ballista
• banderilla
• barong
• bat
• baton
• battle-ax
• bayonet
• bazooka
• blackjack
• blade
• blowgun
• bludgeon
• boomerang
• catapult
• cleaver
• club
• crossbow
• cudgel
• cutlass
• dagger
• dart
• dirk
• flamethrower
• harpoon
• hatchet
• howitzer
• lance
• musket
• saber
• scythe
• slingshot
• spear
• spike
• stiletto
• switchblade
• anlace
• atlatl
• billy club
• bow and arrow
• bowie knife
• brass knuckles
• hunting knife
• nuclear bomb
• nunchaku 

 

 

 

synonyms for ammunition

• ammo
• armament
• bomb
• bullet
• cartridge
• chemical
• explosive
• gunpowder
• materiel
• missile
• munition
• napalm
• rocket
• shrapnel
• torpedo
• ball
• buckshot
• cannonball
• charge
• confetti
• fuse
• grenade
• powder
• round
• shell
• shot
• iron rations

 

 

synonyms for onslaught

• aggression
• assault
• blitz
• incursion
• invasion
• offensive
• onset
• charge
• offense
• onrush
• assailment
• onfall 

 

 

synonyms for invasion

• aggression
• assault
• breach
• incursion
• infiltration
• infringement
• intrusion
• offensive
• onslaught
• raid
• violation
• entrenchment
• foray
• infraction
• inroad
• irruption
• maraud
• offense
• transgression
• trespass
• usurpation
• forced entrance
• overstepping 

 

 

synonyms for blitz

• assault
• bombardment
• bombing
• offensive
• onslaught
• raid
• shelling
• blitzkrieg
• strike
• lightning attack

 

 

synonyms for shelling

• blast
• bombardment
• fusillade
• gunfire
• hail
• salvo
• shower
• storm
• volley
• battery
• broadside
• cannonade
• crossfire
• discharge
• enfilade
• fire
• curtain of fire 

 

 

synonyms for attack

• aggression
• barrage
• charge
• incursion
• intervention
• intrusion
• invasion
• offensive
• onslaught
• outbreak
• raid
• rape
• skirmish
• strike
• violation
• advance
• assailing
• blitz
• blitzkrieg
• defilement
• drive
• encounter
• encroachment
• foray
• initiative
• inroad
• irruption
• mugging
• offense
• onrush
• onset
• push
• rush
• storming
• thrust
• volley
• assailment
• dirty deed

 

Methods of War

3 parts

a. what's in a bomb?

 https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/bombing-just-what-does-that-mean-now.html

b. the escalating campaign of the psychopath

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/methods-of-war-escalating-campaign-part.html

c. Hitler Blitzkrieg

https://thedarkknot.blogspot.com/2022/03/methods-of-war-blitzkrieg-part-c.html