Word Frequency
bombard
Definitions
verb
(bɒmˈbɑːd
) tr- to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs
- to attack with vigour and persistence ⇒
the boxer bombarded his opponent with blows to the body
- to attack verbally, esp with questions ⇒
the journalists bombarded her with questions
- (physics) to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
noun
(ˈbɒmbɑːd
) - an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls
Derived Forms
bomˈbardment nounWord Origin
C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bombTranslations for 'bombard'
- British English: bombard If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. VERBHe bombarded her with questions to which he should have known the answers.
- Brazilian Portuguese: bombardear
- Chinese: 连珠炮似地提问连連珠炮砲似地提问問
- European Spanish: bombardear
- French: bombarder
- German: bombardieren
- Italian: bombardare
- Japanese: 攻めたてる
- Korean: 퍼붓다
- Portuguese: bombardear
- Spanish: bombardear
Example Sentences Including 'bombard'
Each camp is ready to bombard the courts with lawsuits where any issues of fraud or disenfranchisement are detected.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
Edmontonians need to " bombard " their MLAs with calls before the government snatches the seat away, Coun.Edmonton Sun (2003)
Geologists take a small sample of stone from the sculpture and bombard it in a nuclear reactor.THE SLOW BREATH OF STONE: A Romanesque Love Story (2005)
I hold my breath without realizing it and bombard Dr Diane tele-pathically.A Means to Evil
It was designed to hijack machines across the world and then, at midnight on 16 August, bombard the website windowsupdate.New Scientist (2003)
Just three examples of the decisions viewers face as Ten and Nine bombard them with new shows to cut into Seven's fast start to the year.Australian News Misc (2005)
Travis frontman Fran Healy has revealed that adoring fans bombard him with BISCUITS.Sun, News of the World (2001)
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