Bombard definition

Bombard

Topics Bombard Definition

WordNet

(1) A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

(2) 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"

(3) Throw bombs at or attack with bombs

"The Americans bombed Dresden"

(4) Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

"They pelted each other with snowballs"

WiktionaryText

From bombarde bombard (as cannon), itself from βαμβος (bambos) 'shattering'

a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
a bassoon-like medieval instrument

To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.