Bombing and Shooting

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Bombing noun - An attack by dropping bombs.

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Shooting and bombing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shooting" instead a noun "Bombing".

Nearby Words: bomb, bombard, bombed, bomber

Shooting noun - The act of firing a projectile.

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Bombing and shooting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bombing" instead a noun "Shooting".

Nearby Words: shoot, shooter

Luther Rizzo from the later seasons of M*A*S*H fits in here, although he's actually a sergeant and doesn't do a lot of shooting or bombing.

Source: Southern-Fried Private
Cycle of Revenge: Each shooting or bombing by either side leads to increasingly violent reprisals.

Source: Film / The Battle of Algiers
While most people assumed they were planning a school shooting/bombing, Fritz figures out that they were planning to set off bombs in a building and pick off the survivors as they fled.

Source: Useful Notes / Columbine

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