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verb
- 1. attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles: "the city was bombarded by federal forces" Similar
noun
- 1. a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot. historical
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BOMBARD definition: 1. to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs: 2. to attack a place with continuous…. Learn more.
1. : to attack especially with artillery or bombers. 2. : to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions) 3. : to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons) bombardment. bäm-ˈbärd-mənt. noun. Did you know?
If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
verb (used with object) to attack or batter with artillery fire. to attack with bombs. to assail vigorously: to bombard the speaker with questions. Synonyms: besiege, hound, harass, beset. Physics. to direct high energy particles or radiations against: to bombard a nucleus.
To bombard is to attack, whether physically (with something like missiles) or metaphorically (with something like questions).
Definition of bombard verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs: fig. I was bombarded with phone calls and faxes.
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 barrage 2. 3. To irradiate (an atom). 4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls. n. (bŏm′bärd′)
1. If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them. [...] 2. When soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continuous heavy gunfire or bombs. [...] More. Conjugations of 'bombard'
Noun. Filter. verb. bombarded, bombarding, bombards. To attack with or as with artillery or bombs. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To assail persistently; harass. American Heritage. To keep attacking or pressing with questions, suggestions, etc. Webster's New World. To irradiate (an atom). American Heritage.
