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bom·bard
 bombard
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
bam
bard
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| inflections: |
bombards, bombarding, bombarded |
| definition 1: |
to attack with bombs, cannon fire, or artillery.
- synonyms:
- blitz, bomb, shell
- similar words:
- barrage, blitzkrieg, enfilade, fusillade, raid, strafe, strike
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| definition 2: |
to assail, as with questions, ideas, or the like.
They bombarded the waiter with complaints.- synonyms:
- barrage, strike
- similar words:
- assail, assault, attack, broadside, pepper, zap
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| definition 3: |
to shoot radiation or high energy particles at.
- synonyms:
- irradiate, zap
- similar words:
- barrage, pepper, shoot
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| related words: |
hail, storm |
adverb + (v.)bombard
constantly, continually, heavily, increasingly, literally, regularly
(v.)bombard
+ adverb
daily, everywhere
(v.)bombard
+ noun
advertisement,
advice,
alpha,
call,
card,
complaint,
credit,
criticism,
e-mail,
electron,
enemy,
fan,
hail,
letter,
mail,
marketing,
molecule,
news,
newspaper,
offer,
paperwork,
phone,
photon,
pitch,
propaganda,
radiation,
radio,
request,
stone,
tank,
town,
uranium,
wave,
x-ray
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
bam
bard
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| definition: |
a primitive stone-throwing device, the precursor of the modern cannon.
- synonyms:
- catapult
- similar words:
- cannon
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| related words: |
catapult |
adjective + (n.)bombard
british, cosmic, endless, energetic, heavy, iraqi, japanese, just, northern, powerful
verb + (n.)bombard
continue, place, threaten
noun + (n.)bombard
advertising,
artillery,
asteroid,
atmosphere,
cell,
chemical,
comet,
commercial,
communication,
destroyer,
direction,
element,
flotilla,
force,
fuel,
hour,
image,
influence,
ion,
island,
israeli,
japanese,
laser,
media,
message,
meteor,
neutron,
particle,
plane,
planet,
position,
question,
rain,
ray,
reader,
sample,
sense,
ship,
staff,
surface,
target,
television,
territory,
troop,
viewer,
village,
warplane,
warship,
will
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| derivations: |
bombarder (n.), bombardment (n.) |
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