[f. BOMBARD v. + -MENT.] The process of bombarding; continuous attack upon a place with shot and shell.
1702. Lond. Gaz., No. 3807/3. Which gives us great Apprehensions of a Bombardment.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., II. 402. To destroy these vessels … by means of a bombardment.
1813. Wellington, Lett., in Gurw., Disp., XI. 33. The Bombardment answered no purpose whatever, excepting to destroy the town.
