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bombard

[ verb bom-bahrd, buhm-; noun bom-bahrd ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to attack or batter with artillery fire.
  2. to attack with bombs.
  3. to assail vigorously:

    to bombard the speaker with questions.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  4. Physics. to direct high energy particles or radiations against:

    to bombard a nucleus.



noun

  1. the earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls.
  2. Nautical. bomb ketch.
  3. an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack.
  4. Obsolete. a leather jug.

bombard

verb

  1. 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 to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 产辞尘藞产补谤诲尘别苍迟, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产辞尘路产补谤诲路别谤 noun
  • 产辞尘路产补谤诲路尘别苍迟 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bombard1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English (noun), Medieval Latin bombarda 鈥渟tone-throwing engine鈥 ( Latin bomb(us) 鈥渂ooming noise鈥 + -arda noun suffix); bomb, -ard
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bombard1

C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb
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She says at the time, her daughters - and all little black girls - were being "bombarded" by messages from mainstream culture that they were "less than".

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Withdrawn and caustic, Janice is a raw lump of unresponsiveness bombarded by those determined to 鈥渇ix鈥 her.

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"He could accept a ceasefire now, he continues to bombard Ukraine鈥 We see you, Vladimir Putin, we know what you are doing."

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