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Bombard Very Common

Bombard has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

2

a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

Verb
1

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

"They pelted each other with snowballs"

2

throw bombs at or attack with bombs

"The Americans bombed Dresden"

3

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"

4

direct high energy particles or radiation against

5

To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from French​.

Example Sentences
"They pelted each other with snowballs" verb
"The Americans bombed Dresden" verb
"The speaker was barraged by an angry audience" verb
"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
shawm bass throw attack irradiate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
lapidate snowball egg carpet bomb bomb out dive-bomb glide-bomb skip-bomb atom-bomb hydrogen-bomb pattern-bomb nuke letter bomb firebomb blast
Rhyming Words
ard card pard sard hard nard fard gard yard ward dard tard bard mard beard heard sward alard izard ecard
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