bombard
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Etymology [edit]
From French bombarde bombard (as cannon), itself from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).
Noun [edit]
bombard (plural bombards)
- a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
- (obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
- [...] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 2 scene 2
Translations [edit]
medieval primitive cannon
Verb [edit]
bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)
- To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- (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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Translations [edit]
to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles
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to attack something or someone by directing objects at them
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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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