bombardment

bom·bard

B0378000 (bŏm-bärd′, bəm-)tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards 1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.2. To assail persistently; harass: "[patients] bombarded with bewildering terms like 'managed competition' and 'risk selection'" (Carla Cantor). See Synonyms at barrage².3. To irradiate (an atom).4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls.n. (bŏm′bärd′) An early form of cannon that fired stone balls.

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[From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound; see bomb.]

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bom·bard′er n.bom·bard′ment n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bombardment - the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"barrage, onslaught, outpouringlanguage, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
	2.	bombardment - the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"barrage fire, shelling, barrage, batteryfiring, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
	3.	bombardment - the act (or an instance) of subjecting a body or substance to the impact of high-energy particles (as electrons or alpha rays)radiation - the act of spreading outward from a central source
	4.	bombardment - an attack by dropping bombs bombingattack, onrush, onset, onslaught - (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn"bombing run - that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombsarea bombing, carpet bombing, saturation bombing - an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target

bombardment

noun bombing, attack, fire, assault, shelling, blitz, barrage, flak, strafe, fusillade, cannonade The city has been flattened by regular artillery bombardments.

bombardment

nounA concentrated outpouring, as of missiles, words, or blows:barrage, burst, cannonade, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley.

Translations

轰炸

bombard

(bəmˈbaːd) verb1. to attack with artillery. They bombarded the town. 轟炸 轰炸2. to direct questions etc at. The reporters bombarded the film star with questions. 連珠砲似地發問 连珠炮般地提问bomˈbardment noun 轟炸 轰炸