bombard
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.
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.
Origin of bombard
1Other words for bombard
Other words from bombard
- bom·bard·er, noun
- bom·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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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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In other words, it's business as usual as the two sides bombard each other militarily and diplomatically.
The Germans continued to bombard Ypres with large calibre shells, heaping ruins upon ruins.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres | UnknownThree days before Filangieri landed, the gunners in the citadel began to bombard the helpless town lying beneath them.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonSheriff Jones demanded the arms of the people, otherwise he would bombard the town.
Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler | Pardee ButlerWolfe's first move was to occupy Point Levi, and erect batteries there, from which he could bombard the city.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeThe 15th was fixed upon for the grand assault, and the entire fleet had orders to move up and bombard at an early hour.
The Hero of Manila | Rossiter Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for bombard
to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs
to attack with vigour and persistence: the boxer bombarded his opponent with blows to the body
to attack verbally, esp with questions: the journalists bombarded her with questions
physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
Origin of bombard
1Derived forms of bombard
- bombardment, noun
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