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Word: bombard (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
  • obsolete a bassoon-like medieval instrument

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Verb:

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

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