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bombard
UK /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/ US /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/
noun 5verb 4name 1
Collocations
3(verb.) attack with bombs
ADV
heavily
During the election campaign, voters were heavily bombarded with political advertisements on social media.
(verb.) direct a lot of things at sb
ADV
constantly, continually
PREP
with
During the exam week, students were bombarded with questions from their worried parents.
Definitions
noun
1
A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.
2
A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument.
3
A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
[…] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
4
A bombardment.
With mines and parallels contracts the space; Then bids the battering floats his labors crown And pour their bombard on the shuddering town
5
A bombardon.
verb
1
To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
2
To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
My correspondent, who was riding in the first coach, comments that the small standard tender did not take kindly to this gay progress, and signified its disapproval from time to time by bombarding the train with lumps of coal!
3
To continuously send or direct (at someone)
I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.
Please don't bombard me with questions right now, I'll answer them at the end of the statement.
4
To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
name
1
A surname from French.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.
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[…] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
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With mines and parallels contracts the space; Then bids the battering floats his labors crown And pour their bombard on the shuddering town
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The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
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My correspondent, who was riding in the first coach, comments that the small standard tender did not take kindly to this gay progress, and signified its disapproval from time to time by bombarding the
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I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.
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