superbombardment

English

Etymology

super- +‎ bombardment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈbɒmˌbɑːdmənt/

Noun

superbombardment (plural superbombardments)

1. (rare) A very severe bombardment.
   • 1946, American Journal of Physiology, Volume 145‎^[1], American Physiological Society, page 12:

     This superactivity sustains a superbombardment of the respiratory center.

   • 1966, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, Volume 18‎^[2], American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, page 34:

     In the apt expression of Fortune, while the cannon remain silent, a "superbombardment of brains" is going on.

   • 1972, John Drescher, Gospel Herald (1972: January-June)‎^[3], Mennonite Publishing House, page 74:

     Maybe our people have recovered somewhat from the sermonic superbombardments they used to get on this subject.

   • 2012, Frederick Ernest Whitton, The History of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment - Volume 2‎^[4], Naval & Military Press, →ISBN, page 120:

     Wishing to give his troops a wider experience of an attack against entrenchment, and being desirous of ascertaining the effect of a superbombardment by artillery he delivered an attack on Neuve Chapelle with his First Army.

   • 2015, Keith Ayling, Bombers‎^[5], Tannenberg Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:

     The minutes of that conference may never be made public, bue we know that heaven-sent inspiration and belief in the axiom, "if you intend to do a thing, do it well," which ever British school boy writes in his earlies copybook, R.A.F laid plans for the superbombardment of Europe by asking the British aircraft industry to construct four-engined bombers, armed and armored each to carry some eight tons of bombs over a 2000-mile range.