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Definitions for Bombard

[1] to attack or batter with artillery fire.
[2] to attack with bombs.
[3] to assail vigorously: to bombard the speaker with questions.
[4] Physics . to direct high energy particles or radiations against: to bombard a nucleus.
[5] the earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls.
[6] Nautical . bomb ketch.
[7] an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack.
[8] Obsolete . a leather jug.
[9] to attack with concentrated artillery fire or bombs
[10] to attack with vigour and persistence the boxer bombarded his opponent with blows to the body
[11] to attack verbally, esp with questions the journalists bombarded her with questions
[12] physics to direct high-energy particles or photons against (atoms, nuclei, etc) esp to produce ions or nuclear transformations
[13] an ancient type of cannon that threw stone balls

Words related to Bombard

hound, bomb, besiege, pester, blitz, harass, barrage, batter, blast, strafe, catapult, shell, launch, cannonade, beset, pound, strike, assail

Words nearby Bombard

bomb run, bomb shelter, bomb site, bomb squad, bombacaceous, bombard, bombarde, bombardier, bombardier beetle, bombardon, bombasine

Origin of Bombard

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin bombarda stone-throwing engine (Latin bomb(us ) booming noise (see bomb) + -arda -ard)

Other words from Bombard

bom·bard·er , noun
bom·bard·ment , noun
un·bom·bard·ed , adjective

Word origin for Bombard

C15: from Old French bombarder to pelt, from bombarde stone-throwing cannon, probably from Latin bombus booming sound; see bomb

Synonyms for Bombard

barrage, batter, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, harass, hound, open fire, pester, strafe, assail, beset, cannonade, catapult, launch, pound, shell, strike, fire upon