bombard

bom·bard  (bm-bärd, bm-)

tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards

1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.

2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See Synonyms at attack, barrage².

3. To irradiate (an atom).

4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls.

n. (bmbärd)

An early form of cannon that fired stone balls.

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[From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound; see bomb.]

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bom·barder n.

bom·bardment n.

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bombard

Verb

1. to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs

2. to attack persistently

3. to attack verbally, esp. with questions

4. Physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc.) [Old French bombarde stone-throwing cannon]

bombardment n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bombard - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family bombardon bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments shawm - a medieval oboe
Verb	1.	bombard - cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" pelt lapidate - throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation" snowball - throw snowballs at egg - throw eggs at throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	2.	bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" bomb attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" carpet bomb - bomb a large area systematically and extensively; "The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam" bomb out - make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs dive-bomb - bomb from a diving airplane glide-bomb - bomb by gliding skip-bomb - attack with delayed release bombs atom-bomb, nuke - bomb with atomic weapons hydrogen-bomb - attack with a hydrogen bomb pattern-bomb - bomb in certain patterns nuke, atomise, atomize, zap - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy" letter bomb - send an explosive to; "The Unabomber letter bombed a number of individuals and institutions" firebomb - attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores" shell, blast - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
	3.	bombard - 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" barrage lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
	4.	bombard - direct high energy particles or radiation against natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" irradiate, ray - expose to radiation; "irradiate food"

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bombard

verb 1. attack, assault, batter, barrage, besiege, beset, assail

verb 2. bomb, shell, blast, blitz, open fire, strafe, fire upon

Translations

bombard [bɔmˈbɑːd] vt → bombardear;

(fig) → asediar

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bombard [bɔmˈbɑːd] bomb vt → bombarder

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bombard [bɔmˈbɑːd] vt (also fig) → bombardieren

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bombard [bɔmˈbɑːd] vt → bombardare

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bombard

v bombard [bəmˈbaːd]

1 to attack with artillery They bombarded the town. bombardeer يَقْذِفُ بِوابِلٍ مِنَ النّيران обстрелвам с оръдия ostřelovat bombardere bombardieren βομβαρδίζω με πυρά πυροβολικού bombardear pommitama بمباران کردن؛ به توپ بستن pommittaa bombarder לְהַפגִיז गोला चलाना tući topovima bombáz memberondong skjóta á (með stórskotavopnum) bombardare 砲撃する 폭격하다 apšaudyti bombardēt; apšaudīt serangan bedilan bombarderen bombardere ostrzeliwać bombardear a bom­barda бомбардировать bombardovať bombardirati bombardovati bombardera โจมตีโดยการใช้ระเบิดหรือปืนที่มีอานุภาพร้ายแรง bombalamak, topa tutmak 轟炸 бомбардувати توپوں سے حملہ کرنا oanh tạc 轰炸

2 to direct questions etc at The reporters bombarded the film star with questions. bombardeer, peper يُمْطِرُ بالأسئِلَه обсипвам bombardovat bombardere; overdænge bestürmen βομβαρδίζω, βάλλω (με ερωτήσεις, παράπονα κτλ.) acosar, asediar pommitama به باد پرسش گرفتن pommittaa assaillir (de) לְהַפגִיז सवालों इत्यादि की झड़ी लगा देना zasuti ostromol menyerang (láta) dynja á tempestare 質問攻めにする (질문을) 퍼붓다 apiberti (klausimais) apbērt (ar jautājumiem) menghujani afvuren op bombardere, hagle ned wziąć w krzyżowy ogień bombardear a asalta (cu) засыпать вопросами bombardovať zasuti (z) bombardovati bombardera ระดม (คำถาม) เข้าใส่ (soru) yağmuruna tutmak 發出連珠砲似的問題 закидати براہ راست سوالوں کی بوچھاڑ کرنا hỏi dồn dập 发出连珠炮似的问题

n bomˈbardment

bombardement إمْطار، قَذْفٌ بالقِنابِل бомбардиране dělostřelecká palba, kanonáda bombardement das Bombardement βομβαρδισμός bombardeo pommitus بمباران pommitus bombardement הַפגָזָה बमबारी, गोलाबारी artiljerijska vatra bombázás pemberondongan stórskotaárás; spurningahríð bombardamento 砲撃 폭격 apšaudymas bombardēšana pembedilan bombardement bombardement ostrzał bombardeamento bombardament бомбардировка bombardovanie bombardiranje bombardovanje bombardemang การโจมตีโดยการใช้ระเบิดหรือปืนที่มีอานุภาพร้ายแรง bombardıman, topa tutma 轟炸 бомбардування بمباری sự bắn phá 轰炸