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bom·bard (b

m-bärd

, b

m-)

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. (b

bärd

)

An early form of cannon that fired stone balls.

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

bom·barder n.

bom·bardment n.

bombard

vb [bɒmˈbɑːd] (tr)

1. (Military) to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs

2. to attack with vigour and persistence the boxer bombarded his opponent with blows to the body

3. to attack verbally, esp with questions the journalists bombarded her with questions

4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc.) esp to produce ions or nclear transformations

n [ˈbɒmbɑːd]

(Military) an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls

[from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb]

bombardment n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

bombard

verb

1. attack, assault, batter, barrage, besiege, beset, assail The media bombards all of us with images of violence and drugs and sex.

2. bomb, shell, blast, blitz, open fire, strafe, fire upon Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport.

Translations

bombard [bɒmˈbɑːd] VT (Mil) → bombardear (with con) I was bombarded with questions → me acosaron or bombardearon a preguntas

bombard [bɒmˈbɑː^rd] vt

(= bomb) → bombarder

(= harass) to bombard sb with questions → bombarder qn de questions
to bombard sb with requests → bombarder qn de demandes

bombard

vt (Mil, fig) → bombardieren (with mit); (Phys) → beschießen

bombard [bɒmˈbɑːd] vt (Mil) to bombard (with) → bombardare (con)
I was bombarded with questions → sono stato bombardato di domande

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 tykeillä bombarder לְהַפגִיז गोला चलाना tući topovima bombáz memberondong skjóta á (með stórskotavopnum) bombardare 砲撃する 포격하다 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 kysymyksillä 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 連珠砲似地發問 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 포격 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

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