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1. (v.t.) bombard
to attack or batter with artillery fire.
2. bombard
to attack with bombs.
3. bombard
to assail vigorously:
bombarded me with questions.
4. bombard
to direct high-energy particles or radiation against:
to bombard a nucleus.
5. (n.) bombard
the earliest kind of cannon, orig. throwing stone balls.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME (n.) < ML bombarda stone-throwing engine (L bomb(us) booming noise (see bomb ) +-arda -ard ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) bombardon, bombard
a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
2. (verb) pelt, bombard
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
"They pelted each other with snowballs"
3. (verb) bombard, bomb
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
"The Americans bombed Dresden"
4. (verb) bombard, barrage
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
"The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
5. (verb) bombard
direct high energy particles or radiation against
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1. (verb) bombard
to ask for or to give a lot of information
to bombard sb with questions
2. bombard
to attack continuously with guns or bombs
to bombard the city with missiles
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bombard
a piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon
2. (noun) bombard
a bombardment
3. (noun) bombard
a large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer
4. (noun) bombard
padded breeches
5. (noun) bombard
see Bombardo
6. (verb) bombard
to attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into
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Sense: to attack with artillery
They bombarded the town.
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 Afrikaans: bombardeer |
 Arabic: يَقْذِفُ بِوابِلٍ مِنَ ال |
 Bulgarian: обстрелвам с оръдия |
 Brazilian: bombardear |
 Czech: ostřelovat |
 German: bombardieren |
 Danish: bombardere |
 Greek: βομβαρδίζω με πυρά πυροβο |
 Spanish: bombardear |
 Estonian: pommitama |
 Farsi: بمباران کردن؛ به توپ بستن |
 Finnish: pommittaa tykeillä |
 French: bombarder |
 Hebrew: לְהַפגִיז |
 Hindi: गोला चलाना |
 Croatian: tući topovima |
 Hungarian: bombáz |
 Indonesian: memberondong |
 Icelandic: skjóta á (með stórskotavo |
 Italian: bombardare |
 Japanese: 砲撃する |
 Korean: 포격하다 |
 Lithuanian: apšaudyti |
 Latvian: bombardēt; apšaudīt |
 Malay: serangan bedilan |
 Dutch: bombarderen |
 Norwegian: bombardere |
 Polish: ostrzeliwać |
 Persian: بمباران کردن؛ به توپ بستن |
 Pashto: بمباری کول |
 Portuguese: bombardear |
 Romanian: a bombarda |
 Russian: бомбардировать |
 Slovak: bombardovať |
 Slovenian: bombardirati |
 Serbian: bombardovati |
 Swedish: bombardera |
 Thai: โจมตีโดยการใช้ระเบิดหรือป |
 Turkish: bombalamak, topa tutmak |
 Taiwanese: 轟炸 |
 Ukrainian: бомбардувати |
 Urdu: توپوں سے حملہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: oanh tạc |
 Chinese: 轰炸 |
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