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verb
- 1. attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles: "the city was bombarded by federal forces" Similar
noun
- 1. a cannon of the earliest type, which originally fired a stone ball. historical
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1. : to attack especially with artillery or bombers. 2. : to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions) 3. : to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (such as electrons) bombardment. bäm-ˈbärd-mənt. noun. Did you know?
BOMBARD definition: 1. to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs: 2. to attack a place with continuous…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to attack or batter with artillery fire. to attack with bombs. to assail vigorously: to bombard the speaker with questions. Synonyms: besiege, hound, harass, beset. Physics. to direct high energy particles or radiations against: to bombard a nucleus.
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.
To bombard is to attack, whether physically (with something like missiles) or metaphorically (with something like questions).
bombard somebody/something (with something) to attack somebody with a lot of questions, criticisms, etc. or by giving them too much information. We have been bombarded with letters of complaint. We are bombarded daily with propaganda about what we should eat.
BOMBARD meaning: 1. to attack a place with continuous shooting or bombs: 2. to attack a place with continuous…. Learn more.
Noun. Filter. verb. bombarded, bombarding, bombards. To attack with or as with artillery or bombs. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To assail persistently; harass. American Heritage. To keep attacking or pressing with questions, suggestions, etc. Webster's New World. To irradiate (an atom). American Heritage.
1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently; harass: "[patients] bombarded with bewildering terms like 'managed competition' and 'risk selection'" (Carla Cantor). See Synonyms at barrage 2. 3. To irradiate (an atom). 4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls. n. (bŏm′bärd′)
BOMBARD definition: to continuously attack a place using guns and bombs. Learn more.
