bombard

Meanings

Noun

• a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
• a bassoon-like medieval instrument
• a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
• A bombardment.
• A bombardon.

Verb

• To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
• To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
• To continuously send or direct (at someone)
• To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

Related

Similar words

• bomb

Origin

• From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde ("a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument"), from Latin bombus ("buzzing; booming").
• The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.
• From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde ("a bombard")