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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bom•bard /bɑmˈbɑrd, bəm-/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Militaryto subject to bombardment:began to bombard the coastline defenses twenty miles away.
- Militaryto hit or attack with force:The hurricane bombarded the coastline.
- to attack verbally:bombarded the candidate with questions.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bom•bard (v. bom bärd′, bəm-;n. bom′bärd),USA pronunciation v.t. - Militaryto attack or batter with artillery fire.
- Militaryto attack with bombs.
- to assail vigorously:to bombard the speaker with questions.
- Physicsto direct high energy particles or radiations against:to bombard a nucleus.
n. - Militarythe earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls.
- Nautical, Naval TermsSee bomb ketch.
- an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack.
- [Obs.]a leather jug.
- Medieval Latin bombarda stone-throwing engine (Latin bomb(us) booming noise (see bomb) + -arda -ard)
- late Middle English (noun, nominal) 1400–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beset, harass, hound, besiege.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bombard vb /bɒmˈbɑːd/(transitive)- to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs
- to attack with vigour and persistence
- to attack verbally, esp with questions
- to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
n /ˈbɒmbɑːd/- an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bombbomˈbardment n |