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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bombard
n 1: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn:
bombardon, bombard]
v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They
pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard]
2: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed
Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb]
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" [syn: bombard, barrage]
4: direct high energy particles or radiation against
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus
+ -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.]
1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for
throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the
earliest kind of cannon.
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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. --Knolles.
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2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow.
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3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for
carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.]
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Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a
foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak.
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4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.]
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Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.)
See Bombardo. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bombard \Bom*bard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bombarding.]
To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to
throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
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Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke.
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His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood.
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Thesaurus Results for bombard:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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