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   bombard

   verb

   • 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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