The city has been flattened by heavy artillery bombardments.
该城市因遭重炮轰击而夷为平地。
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Continued bombardments and internal pressures made the growing Earth hotter, causing its interior to melt and the heavier elements to sink and form Earth's core.
持续的轰击和内部压力使成长中的地球越来越热,导致其内部融化,较重的元素下沉形成地核。
Two thousand are buried in Belgium and northern France, killed in bombardments and air raids or by disease.