bombard

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

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Singular
bombard

Plural
bombards

bombard (plural bombards)

  1. a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
  2. (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument

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Infinitive
to bombard

Third person singular
bombards

Simple past
bombarded

Past participle
bombarded

Present participle
bombarding

to bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)

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

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