Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense bombards, present participle bombarding, past tense, past participle bombarded
1. verb
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.
He bombarded Catherine with questions to which he should have known the answers. [VERB noun + with]
I've been bombarded by the press and television since I came back from Norway. [beVERB-ed + by]
Synonyms: attack, assault, batter, barrage More Synonyms of bombard
2. verb
When soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continuous heavy gunfire or bombs.
Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport. [VERB noun]
The town has been heavily bombarded by the army backed by the airforce. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: bomb, shell, blast, blitz More Synonyms of bombard
bombard in British English
verb (bɒmˈbɑːd)(transitive)
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
noun (ˈbɒmbɑːd)
5.
an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
Derived forms
bombardment (bomˈbardment)
noun
Word origin
C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb
bombard in American English
(verb bɑmˈbɑːrd, bəm-, noun ˈbɑmbɑːrd)
transitive verb
1.
to attack or batter with artillery fire
2.
to attack with bombs
3.
to assail vigorously
to bombard the speaker with questions
4. Physics
to direct high energy particles or radiations against
to bombard a nucleus
noun
5.
the earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls
6. Nautical See bomb ketch
7.
an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack
8. obsolete
a leather jug
Derived forms
bombarder
noun
bombardment
noun
Word origin
[1400–50; late ME (n.) ‹ ML bombarda stone-throwing engine (L bomb(us) booming noise ( see bomb) + -arda-ard)]
Examples of 'bombard' in a sentence
bombard
She was bombarded with abusive messages on social media.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In recent years, he was touched to be bombarded with offers of work from modern comedians.
The Sun (2016)
Bankers are being being bombarded with messages asking them to consider moving some or allof their business to a new home safely within the eurozone.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We told how he is regularly bombarded with demands for signed photographs from admirers.
The Sun (2014)
No wonder we are constantly bombarded with instant credit offers!
Tondeur, Keith Say Goodbye to Debt (1994)
She is also bombarded by telephone conmen.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Consumers are bombarded with offers to check up on their scores and to improve them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
No doubt that address was bombarded with messages yesterday.
The Sun (2012)
Some poor nipper would be bombarded with questions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But after his plight hit the headlines the father of four was bombarded with job offers.
The Sun (2012)
In recent years we have been bombarded with messages about the importance of healthy eating.
The Sun (2014)
Ads constantly bombard us with the notion that we will be irresistible if we purchase the product being promoted.
Christianity Today (2000)
We are constantly bombarded by it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was then bombarded with criticism from Twitter users.
The Sun (2012)
Artillery bombarded rescue workers in the aftermath of the strike, the aid group added.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Fellow soldiers yesterday bombarded army chatrooms to talk about the send-off.
The Sun (2008)
An obscure fishing village on an offshore island suddenly bombarded by artillery shells on a quiet Tuesday afternoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Health charities have been bombarded recently with criticism for their close links with the world of commerce, particularly the pharmaceutical industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The French artillery is bombarding the Allied positions.
Malcolm Balen A Model Victory (2005)
In other languages
bombard
British English: bombard VERB
If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it.
He bombarded her with questions to which he should have known the answers.
American English: bombard
Brazilian Portuguese: bombardear
Chinese: 连珠炮似地提问
European Spanish: bombardear
French: bombarder
German: bombardieren
Italian: bombardare
Japanese: 攻めたてる
Korean: 퍼붓다
European Portuguese: bombardear
Latin American Spanish: bombardear
Chinese translation of 'bombard'
bombard
(bɔmˈbɑːd)
vt
(Mil) 连(連)续(續)炮(砲)击(擊) (liánxù pàojī)
to bombard sb with questions/requests连(連)珠炮(砲)似的向某人提问(問)题(題)/要求 (liánzhūpào shìde xiàng mǒurén tí wèntí/yāoqiú)
1 (verb)
Definition
to attack persistently
The media bombards us with images of celebrity culture.
Synonyms
attack
The duo are believed to have attacked several people in South London.
assault
The gang assaulted him in the street.
batter
He battered his opponent around the head.
barrage
besiege
The main part of the army moved to besiege the town.
beset
assail
He was assailed by a young man.
2 (verb)
Definition
to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs
Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport.
Synonyms
bomb
Airforce jets bombed the city at night.
shell
The rebels shelled the densely-populated suburbs near the port.
blast
The explosion blasted out the external supporting wall.