Plural of bombardment; sustained attacks with artillery, bombs, or continuous gunfire from weapons.
From 'bombardment', noun form of 'bombard' (to attack with artillery) plus plural '-s'. 'Bombard' comes from Old French via the cannon concept.
The word 'bombardment' entered common use when artillery became regular warfare—suddenly medieval armies had a new verb for the continuous thunder of cannon fire!
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