bombard
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bombard¹
- /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/ UK
- /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).
The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.
noun bombards
- 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.
- A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument.
- 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.
- 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
- A bombardon.
bombard²
- /ˌbɒmˈbɑːd/ UK
- /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/ US
- /bəmˈbɑɹd/ US
Where it comes from
From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”).
verb bombards · bombarding · bombarded
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles. The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
- 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!
- To continuously send or direct (at someone) I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.
- To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
Similar: bomb
Bombard³
proper noun Bombards
- A surname from French.
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verb
Similar: bomb
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noun medieval primitive cannon
| Español | bombarda |
|---|---|
| Português | bombarda |
| Français | bombarde |
| Deutsch | Bombarde, Donnerbüchse, Steinbüchse, Kartaune |
| Ελληνικά | βομβάρδα vomvárda |
| Русский | бомба́рда bombárda |
verb to attack something or someone by directing objects at them
| Español | bombardear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 浴びせる abiseru |
| Português | bombardear |
| Français | bombarder |
| Deutsch | bombardieren |
| Ελληνικά | βομβαρδίζω vomvardízo |
| Русский | бомбарди́ровать bombardírovatʹ |
verb to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms
| Español | bombardear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 照射する shōsha suru |
| Português | bombardear |
| Français | bombarder |
| Deutsch | bombardieren |
| Ελληνικά | βομβαρδίζω vomvardízo |
| Русский | бомбарди́ровать bombardírovatʹ |
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title = {bombard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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