bombarded
Americanadjective
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attacked or battered with artillery fire or bombs.
The novel vividly describes a tangle of cloth, broken dishes, shards of metal, and mud—all that remained of the bombarded village.
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vigorously and repeatedly assailed or addressed, as with questions, demands, messages, etc..
The main challenge for marketers is not only to reach but to genuinely engage the already bombarded consumer.
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Physics. subjected to a stream of high-energy particles or radiation.
On directing alpha rays at the sample, the scientist observed that the bombarded beryllium emitted a subatomic particle having mass but no charge.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of bombarded
First recorded in 1705–15; bombard + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; bombard + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
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Adding to the phone-calls-may-be-disruptive argument, Hall said in today’s digital-heavy world, people are constantly being bombarded by notifications on their phones.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
OpenAI agents bombarded a United Nations website with search requests and then used a variety of aggressive techniques to access data on the system in June, according to an independent research report published Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
And I really can't because they're probably being bombarded by 700 people over there.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
They then bombarded the gas mixture with protons to imitate the stream of energetic particles generated by solar superflares.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
Given our proximity to the animals we love, we must be getting constantly bombarded by their microbes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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