"Heavy bombardment" refers to a continuous and intense attack using powerful weapons like bombs or artillery.
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Sentences with «heavy bombardment»
- «Migration of the ice giants early in our solar systems history may be responsible for the late heavy bombardment of the inner solar system, though to have provided many of the volatiles (such as water) found on the terrestrial planets today.» (ibtimes.com)
- The area where London City Airport stands used to be an industrial center, and it came under heavy bombardment from German planes during the war. (businessinsider.com)
- The study, «Global Resurfacing of Mercury 4.0 - 4.1 Billion Years Ago by Heavy Bombardment and Volcanism» by Marchi, Chapman, Caleb I. Fassett, James W. Head, William F. Bottke and Robert G. Strom, is in the July 4 issue of the journal Nature. (swri.org)
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