bombard

[ verb bom-bahrd, buhm-; noun bom-bahrd ]

/ verb bɒmˈbɑrd, bəm-; noun ˈbɒm bɑrd /

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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.

noun

the 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.

Obsolete. a leather jug.

OTHER WORDS FOR bombard

3 beset, harass, hound, besiege.

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Origin of bombard

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (noun), Medieval Latin bombarda “stone-throwing engine” (Latin bomb(us) “booming noise” + -arda noun suffix); see bomb, -ard

OTHER WORDS FROM bombard

bom·bard·er, nounbom·bard·ment, noun

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How to use bombard in a sentence

Lee says men bombard him on Twitter with questions about how to get into the industry.
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Just Google “Patrick Wilson Girls backlash,” and wait for the hateful, Lena Dunham-bashing vitriol to bombard your screen.
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Your most grating acquaintance could – and usually would – bombard you with reams of unoriginal drivel at the press of a key.
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Listen, suppose they got in, suppose they start to bombard Guantanamo?
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In other words, it's business as usual as the two sides bombard each other militarily and diplomatically.
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The Germans continued to bombard Ypres with large calibre shells, heaping ruins upon ruins.
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Three days before Filangieri landed, the gunners in the citadel began to bombard the helpless town lying beneath them.
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Sheriff Jones demanded the arms of the people, otherwise he would bombard the town.
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Wolfe's first move was to occupy Point Levi, and erect batteries there, from which he could bombard the city.
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The 15th was fixed upon for the grand assault, and the entire fleet had orders to move up and bombard at an early hour.
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British Dictionary definitions for bombard

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 bombard

bombardment, noun

Word Origin for bombard

C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb

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