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[ verb bom-bahrd, buhm-; noun bom-bahrd ] / verb bɒmˈbɑrd, bəm-; noun ˈbɒm bɑrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bombard ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to attack or batter with artillery fire. to attack with bombs. to assail vigorously: to bombard the speaker with questions. Physics. to direct high energy particles or radiations against: to bombard a nucleus. nounthe earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls. Nautical. bomb ketch. an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack. Origin of bombard1400–50; late Middle English (noun) <Medieval Latin bombarda stone-throwing engine (Latin bomb(us) booming noise (see bomb) + -arda-ard) SYNONYMS FOR bombard3 beset, harass, hound, besiege. SEE SYNONYMS FOR bombard ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM bombardbom·bard·er, nounbom·bard·ment, nounun·bom·bard·ed, adjectiveWords nearby bombardBolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Boma, Bomarc, bomb, bombacaceous, bombard, bombarde, bombardier, bombardier beetle, bombardon, bombast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bombardJust Google “Patrick Wilson Girls backlash,” and wait for the hateful, Lena Dunham-bashing vitriol to bombard your screen. Louis C.K. Apologizes to the ‘Fat Girls’|Amy Zimmerman|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Your most grating acquaintance could – and usually would – bombard you with reams of unoriginal drivel at the press of a key. Unconsidered Trifles: Found Comedy in the Age of Social Media|Tom Doran|March 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST Listen, suppose they got in, suppose they start to bombard Guantanamo? JFK’s Secret White House Recordings Unveiled|Ted Widmer|September 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST Until then it had been judged impracticable to bombard a place from the sea. The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
The allied squadrons of aeroplanes came every night to bombard the station of Metz-Sablons. Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918|Anonymous Radetzky has retreated with his troops into the citadel and begins to bombard the city! The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2)|Alexandre Dumas pre They sailed into the harbor of Volo, and threatened to bombard the town. The Teacher|George Herbert Palmer They can do us no hurt from the cliff yonder except they bring great guns from their ships to bombard us. With Drake on the Spanish Main|Herbert Strang
British Dictionary definitions for bombard
verb (bɒmˈbɑːd) (tr)to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs to attack with vigour and persistencethe boxer bombarded his opponent with blows to the body to attack verbally, esp with questionsthe journalists bombarded her with questions physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations noun (ˈbɒmbɑːd)an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls Derived forms of bombardbombardment, nounWord Origin for bombardC15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bombardhound, bomb, besiege, pester, blitz, harass, barrage, batter, blast, open fire, strafe, catapult, shell, launch, cannonade, beset, pound, strike, assail |