bombard
bombard Lexical Profile
bombard Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To assail or overwhelm someone persistently with a large number of questions, criticisms, requests, or pieces of information.
"Reporters began to bombard the spokesperson with questions as soon as the press conference started."
To attack a place or target continuously with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles.
"Coastal batteries continued to bombard the island fortress throughout the night."
To direct a high-energy stream of subatomic particles or radiation against a substance or atomic nucleus (in physics).
"Researchers used a particle accelerator to bombard the heavy target nuclei with alpha particles."
• noun
An early type of large-caliber, muzzle-loading medieval cannon used primarily during sieges to hurl heavy stone balls.
"The historical museum displayed a massive iron bombard used in fifteenth-century siege warfare."
A traditional double-reed woodwind instrument of the shawm family, used historically in Europe and still played in Breton folk music.
"The lively melody of the Breton folk dance was carried by a pair of players on the bagpipe and the bombard."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French bombarde ('large cannon'), derived from Latin bombus ('a booming or humming sound'), which in turn came from the imitative Ancient Greek word bombos.