The city has been heavily bombarded for the last three days.
We're all constantly bombarded with television ads.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
Bombard — may refer to: *The act of carrying out a bombardment *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… … Wikipedia
Bombard — Bom bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bombard — Bom*bard , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bombarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bombarding}.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. [1913 Webster] Next, she means to bombard Naples. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bombard — Bom bard, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.) See {Bombardo}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bombard [1] — Bombard, Blasinstrument, so v.w. Pommer … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bombard [2] — Bombard (Bombaret), der Ostwind in dem Departement Oberalpen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
bombard — index attack Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Bombard — C est dans la Vienne que le nom est le plus répandu, mais il a été porté dans d autres régions, notamment en Île de France. Sens incertain : on peut y voir celui qui utilise une bombarde (instrument de musique ou canon), mais on pensera aussi à… … Noms de famille
bombard — assail, storm, assault, *attack … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bombard — [v] assault, attack assail, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, catapult, fire upon, harass, hound, launch, open fire, pester, pound, shell, strafe, strike; concepts 7,19,86 … New thesaurus
bombard — ► VERB 1) attack continuously with bombs or other missiles. 2) subject to a continuous flow of questions or information. 3) Physics direct a stream of high speed particles at (a substance). ► NOUN ▪ an early form of cannon, which fired a stone… … English terms dictionary
