Bombard
[bɒm'bɑːd] or [bɑm'bɑrd]
Definition
(verb.) direct high energy particles or radiation against.
(verb.) address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; 'The speaker was barraged by an angry audience'; 'The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer'.
(verb.) throw bombs at or attack with bombs; 'The Americans bombed Dresden'.
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Definition
(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
(n.) A bombardment.
(n.) A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.
(n.) Padded breeches.
(n.) See Bombardo.
(v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Attack with bombs.
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Examples
- A British subject was killed in a street brawl, and a Japanese town was bombarded by the British (1863). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I stayed there and was bombarded with old gentlemen for an hour, perhaps; and all I got out of any of them was Oh, my! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is hard to believe that daily life continues with its stretches of boredom and its personal interests even while the enemy is bombarding a city. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Hand bombards and culverins were among the early types. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These early cannon, bombards, and mortars were mounted on heavy solid wooden frames and moved with great difficulty from place to place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They were known under the varied names of bombards, serpentines, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Being shaped internally and externally like an apothecary's mortar, they were called mortars or bombards. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The bombards in the fifteenth century were made so large and heavy, especially in France, that they could not be moved without being taken apart. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Louis VI used bombards of great length and power against the Flemish in 1477, while as early as 1401 bronze cannon had been cast in several cities of West Prussia. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the heavy, unwieldy bombards with stone balls were used, artillery was mostly confined to castles, towns, forts, and ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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