bombards

Meaning of bombards

verb, 3rd person present
  1. attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
    the city was bombarded by federal forces

plural 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 bombards

  • The singular form of bombards is: bombard.
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Hyphenation of bombards

bom-bards

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • bombards is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bombards synonyms

Meaning bombard with shells:

shell

Meaning attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes:

torpedo

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:

blitz

Meaning attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft:

strafe

Meaning hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot:

pepper

Meaning attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs:

bomb

Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:

assail

Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:

attack

Meaning make a physical attack on:

assault

Meaning conduct a raid on:

raid

Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:

batter

Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:

blast

Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:

pelt

Meaning discharge heavy guns continuously:

cannonade

Meaning fire a fusillade at (a place or person):

fusillade

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