bombard
verb (used with object)
to attack or batter with artillery fire.
have bombarded
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present perfectof bombard.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Local residents have bombarded regulators with opposition to the facility, saying it would be a threat to their health and the environment.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2023
We wanted to figure out how much space junk—meaning, leftover asteroids and comets—could have bombarded the TRAPPIST-1 planets.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 22, 2022
From the outset of the waiver, excited and anxious borrowers have bombarded loan servicers with questions, some of which the companies couldn’t answer as they awaited guidance from the Education Department.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2021
Although skin-care companies have bombarded her with products to try, the celebrity facialist said, “I always go back to Tatcha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2019
Cosmic rays, mainly electrons and protons, have bombarded the Earth for the entire history of life on our planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
