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English Dictionary: bombard	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bombard n a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard] v cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" Synonym(s): pelt, bombard throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" Synonym(s): bombard, bomb address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" Synonym(s): bombard, barrage direct high energy particles or radiation against
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.) See {Bombardo}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bombard \Bombard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bombarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bombarding}.] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard* Naples. --Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bombard \Bom"bard\, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. {Bumper}, and see {Bomb}.] 1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. --Knolles. 2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow. 3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak. 4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.] {Bombard phrase}, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.