bombard
bom bord
- n a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- v cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
- v throw bombs at or attack with bombs
- v address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer - v direct high energy particles or radiation against
- He claims he ordered his men not to open fire, but "when I knew they were going to kill us and bombard, I escaped.
- Nobody can bombard the ocean.
- At the same time the British Fleet swung in to bombard Maktila, Sidi Barrani and the Italians' road to the rear.