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   bombard

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   • 1. attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles: "the city was bombarded by federal forces" Similar shelltorpedopoundblitzstrafepepperfire at/onbombassailattackassaultraidbatterblastpeltarchaic:cannonadefusillade
   • ▪ subject (someone) to a continuous flow of questions, criticisms, or information: "they will be bombarded with complaints" Similar inundateswampflooddelugesnow underbesiegebesetbelabourbotherpesterplagueharassbadgerhoundinformal:hassle
   • ▪ direct a stream of high-speed particles at (a substance).

   noun

   • 1. a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot. historical

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder.

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   What does it mean if you bombard someone with something?

   • 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]

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   What does bombardear mean?

   • bombardear… bombardear… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! BOMBARD meaning: 1. to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs: 2. to attack a place with continuous…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean to bombard a place?

   • To bombard is to attack, whether physically (with something like missiles) or metaphorically (with something like questions). See the word bomb in bombard? That's a clue to its meaning. When a place is bombarded, an enemy could literally be dropping bombs on it. In the days of stoning, people were bombarded with rocks.

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   What is a bombard verb?

   • Definition of bombard verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary bombard somebody/something (with something) to attack a place by firing large guns at it or dropping bombs on it continuously Madrid was heavily bombarded for several months. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   • Bombard: French Translation

     bombard translate: bombarder, assaillir, bombarder,...

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     BOMBARD translate: бомбардировать . Learn more in the...

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     bombard definicja: 1. to attack a place with continuous...

   • Bombard: Polish Translation

     BOMBARD translate: bombardować, ostrzeliwać, wziąć w...

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     bombard translate: bombardieren, bestürmen. Learn more in...

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   Learn the meaning of bombard as a verb and a noun, with synonyms and usage examples. Bombard can mean to attack with artillery, bombs, or questions, or to direct high-energy particles at atoms.

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   To bombard is to attack, whether physically (with something like missiles) or metaphorically (with something like questions).

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   Bombard definition: to attack or batter with artillery fire.. See examples of BOMBARD used in a sentence.

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