bombard
Meaning of bombard
verb
- attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
noun
a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.
late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder .
Information about bombard
- The plural form of bombard is: bombards.
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Hyphenation of bombard
bom-bard
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bombard is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bombard synonyms
Meaning bombardon:
Meaning pelt:
Meaning bomb:
Meaning barrage:
Meaning bombard with shells:
Meaning attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:
Meaning attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft:
Meaning hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot:
Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning discharge heavy guns continuously:
Meaning fire a fusillade at (a place or person):
Translation of bombard
- French: bombarder
- German: bombardieren
- Spanish: bombardear
Words that rhyme with bombard
Bard, bard, C.R.Bard, Kabard, tabard, Hibbard, Hubbard, Obbard, gabbard, libbard, lubbard, scabbard, unscabbard, libard, Hulbard, Svalbard, svalbard, Lambard, Lombard, Lumbard, bumbard, demibombard, guimbard, lombard, penbard, Hobard, Langobard, Longobard, Riobard, langobard, longobard, Harbard, Cresbard, glowbard
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