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UK
/bəmbˈɑːd/
]
[ US /bɑmˈbɑɹd/ ]
[ US /bɑmˈbɑɹd/ ]
VERB
-
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 -
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
They pelted each other with snowballs -
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
The Americans bombed Dresden - direct high energy particles or radiation against
NOUN
- a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
How To Use bombard In A Sentence
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- It is probable, however, that M. Thoinan, who makes this statement, has not considered the possibility of the word _musette_ applying in this case to the small rustic hautbois or _dessus de bombarde_, also written _muse_, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
- The antiproton was produced when protons from a cyclotron were used to bombard a copper target.
- Today's report says the bombardment of children with messages of what is cool pits children against each other and their parents.
- Additionally, the Bombardier Beetle has the ability to direct its defensive spray toward its aggressor with pinpoint accuracy.
- Side note: If the tables were turned and McGavick had a larger war chest than Cantwell we'd be bombarded with cries of "Big Money!" and schemes to reduce/eliminate financial support in senatorial races too. Sound Politics: Suppression of dissent in Mrs. Gregoire's Amerikkka
- The third class of ordnance included the guns firing stone projectiles, such as the pedrero (or perrier, petrary, cannon petro, etc.), the mortars, and the old bombards like Edinburgh Castle's famous Mons Meg. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
- Many such terms bombard the English language continually: some are stopped at the barriers of honesty and common sense; many invade the lexicon like novae, only VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 2
- Ads constantly bombard us with the notion that we will be irresistible if we purchase the product being promoted. Christianity Today
- But the signs, which cost the parish £215, will not be re-erected because members reversed their policy after being bombarded with complaints.