Dictionary Definition

bombard n : a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon]

1 cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt]

2 throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bomb]

User Contributed Dictionary

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

To attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles.

To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.

to direct an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms, at a substance.

a medieval form of cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

Bombard may refer to:

Bombard (weapon), a type of late medieval siege weapon.
Bombard (music), a contemporary double reed instrument used to play traditional Breton music.
Alain Bombard, a French sailor who crossed the Atlantic on a rigid-hulled inflatable boat with no water or food.
Bomb vessel, a type a sailing ship carrying heavy mortars for bombarding positions on land

bombard in Spanish: Bombarda

bombard in Esperanto: Bombardilo

bombard in Dutch: Bombarde (wapen)

bombard in Polish: Bombarda

bombard in Swedish: Bombard

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