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bom·bard
(bŏm-bärd′, bəm-)tr.v. bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards
1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles.
2. To assail persistently; harass: "[patients] bombarded with bewildering terms like 'managed competition' and 'risk selection'" (Carla Cantor). See Synonyms at barrage2.
3. To irradiate (an atom).
4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls.
n. (bŏm′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·bard′er n.
bom·bard′ment n.
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bombard
vb (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. (General Physics) physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
n
(Military) an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
[C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb]
bomˈbardment n
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bom•bard
(v. bɒmˈbɑrd, bəm-; n. ˈbɒm bɑrd)v.t.
1. to attack or batter with artillery fire.
2. to attack with bombs.
3. to assail vigorously: bombarded me with questions.
4. to direct high-energy particles or radiation against: to bombard a nucleus.
n. 5. the earliest kind of cannon, orig. throwing stone balls.
[1400–50; late Middle English (n.) < Medieval Latin bombarda stone-throwing engine (Latin bomb(us) booming noise (see bomb) + -arda -ard)]
bom•bard′er, n.
bom•bard′ment, n.
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bombard
Past participle: bombarded
Gerund: bombarding
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| Noun | 1. | bombard - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family 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" 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" 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 hydrogen-bomb - attack with a hydrogen bomb pattern-bomb - bomb in certain patterns 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" | |
| 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" | |
| 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" |
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bombard
verb
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bombard
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Translations
يَقْذِفُ بِوابِلٍ مِنَ النّيرانيُمْطِرُ بالأسئِلَه
bombardovatostřelovat
bombardereoverdænge
bombardirati
dynja áskjóta á
apibertiapšaudymasapšaudyti
apbērtapšaudītbombardēt
bekogelenbombardebombarderen
bombalamaktopa tutmakyağmuruna tutmak
bombard
[bɒmˈbɑːd] VT (Mil) → bombardear (with con) I was bombarded with questions → me acosaron or bombardearon a preguntasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bombard
vt (Mil, fig) → bombardieren (with mit); (Phys) → beschießen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bombard
[bɒmˈbɑːd] vt (Mil) to bombard (with) → bombardare (con)I was bombarded with questions → sono stato bombardato di domande
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bombard
(bəmˈbaːd) verb1. to attack with artillery. They bombarded the town.
2. to direct questions etc at. The reporters bombarded the film star with questions.
bomˈbardment nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.