bom|bard´ment

bom|bard´ment
bom|bard «verb. bom BAHRD; noun. BOM bahrd», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to attack with heavy fire of shot and shell from big guns or rockets: »

Artillery bombarded the enemy lines.

SYNONYM(S): shell.
2. to drop bombs on; bomb: »

Aircraft bombarded the factories and destroyed them.

3. Figurative. to keep attacking vigorously: »

She bombarded me with one question after another.

SYNONYM(S): assail.
4. a) to strike (the nucleus of an atom) with a stream of fast-moving particles to change the structure of the nucleus. b) to cause (particles) to strike a substance.
╂[< noun]
–n.
1. the earliest kind of cannon, throwing a stone ball or very large shot.
2. a small warship armed with mortars for throwing bombs; bomb ketch.
3. = bombardon. (Cf. ↑bombardon)
╂[< Middle French bombarde cannon < Latin bombus a booming sound < Greek bómbos]
–bom|bard´er, noun.
–bom|bard´ment, noun.

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