"bombard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/ [UK], /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/ [US] Audio: en-us-bombard.ogg [US] Forms: bombards [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bombard}} Middle English bombard, {{der|en|frm|bombarde||a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument}} Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), {{der|en|la|bombus||buzzing; booming}} Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”), {{cog|fr|bombarde}} French bombarde Head templates: {{en-noun}} bombard (plural bombards)
  1. a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. Translations (medieval primitive cannon): бомба́рда (bombárda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bombarda [feminine] (Catalan), bombarda [feminine] (Czech), bombarde (Dutch), kartouwe (Dutch), geschut (Dutch), bombarde [feminine] (French), Bombarde [feminine] (German), Donnerbüchse [feminine] (German), Steinbüchse [feminine] (German), Kartaune [feminine] (German), βομβάρδα (vomvárda) [feminine] (Greek), bombardilo (Ido), bombarda [feminine] (Latin), bombard (Middle English), bombarda [feminine] (Portuguese), бомба́рда (bombárda) [feminine] (Russian), bombarda [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-noun-9ZgvoaSE Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 21 4 4 11 7 16 20 Disambiguation of 'medieval primitive cannon': 75 20 0 3 1
  2. (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-noun-K91lZ0gi
  3. (obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-noun-PKsV2CAJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 5 26 2 3 11 9 14 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 21 4 4 11 7 16 20
  4. (poetic, rare) A bombardment. Tags: poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-noun-cjC40yBN
  5. (music) A bombardon. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-noun-kOhfw-hc Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌbɒmˈbɑːd/ [UK], /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/ [US], /bəmˈbɑɹd/ [US] Forms: bombards [present, singular, third-person], bombarding [participle, present], bombarded [participle, past], bombarded [past]
Etymology: From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|bombarder}} French bombarder, {{der|en|frm|bombarde||a bombard}} Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)
  1. To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles. Categories (topical): Artillery
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-verb-ZINyGDfe Disambiguation of Artillery: 8 16 11 3 8 31 4 8 10 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 21 4 4 11 7 16 20
  2. (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them. Tags: figuratively Translations (to attack something or someone by directing objects at them): bekogelen (Dutch), pommittaa (Finnish), bombarder (French), bombardieren (German), βομβαρδίζω (vomvardízo) (Greek), 浴びせる (abiseru) (alt: あびせる) (Japanese), bombarder [Jersey] (Norman), bombardować [imperfective] (Polish), zbombardować [perfective] (Polish), bombardear (Portuguese), бомбарди́ровать (bombardírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), бомбарди́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bombardírati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bombardear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-verb-K5tSZuow Disambiguation of 'to attack something or someone by directing objects at them': 5 89 2 3
  3. (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-verb-Kf4g~Hqu Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 21 4 4 11 7 16 20
  4. (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms): бомбарди́рам (bombardíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), bombardovat (Czech), bombarderen (Dutch), bombarder (French), bombardieren (German), βομβαρδίζω (vomvardízo) (Greek), 照射する (shōsha suru) (Japanese), bombarder [Jersey] (Norman), bombardować [imperfective] (Polish), zbombardować [perfective] (Polish), bombardear (Portuguese), бомбарди́ровать (bombardírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), бомбарди́рати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bombardírati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bombardear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bombard-en-verb-johkdhVG Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 21 4 4 11 7 16 20 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms': 2 2 4 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bomb Derived forms: bombardier, bombardment, bombard phrase
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to attack something or someone by directing objects at them",
      "word": "bombardear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bombardírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to attack something or someone by directing objects at them",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "бомбарди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to attack something or someone by directing objects at them",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бомбарди́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to attack something or someone by directing objects at them",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bombardírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attack something or someone by directing objects at them",
      "word": "bombardear"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bombardíram",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "бомбарди́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombardovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombarderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombardieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vomvardízo",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "βομβαρδίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōsha suru",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "照射する"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "bombarder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bombardować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zbombardować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombardear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bombardírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "бомбарди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "бомбарди́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "bombardírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms",
      "word": "bombardear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bombard"
}

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