BOMBARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does bombard mean?
• BOMBARD (noun)
The noun BOMBARD has 1 sense:
1. a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
Familiarity information: BOMBARD used as a noun is very rare.
• BOMBARD (verb)
The verb BOMBARD has 3 senses:
1. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
2. throw bombs at or attack with bombs
3. address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
Familiarity information: BOMBARD used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BOMBARD (noun)
Meaning:
A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bombard; bombardon
Hypernyms ("bombard" is a kind of...):
bass (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)
shawm (a medieval oboe)
• BOMBARD (verb)
Meaning:
Cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bombard; pelt
Context example:
They pelted each other with snowballs
Hypernyms (to "bombard" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bombard"):
lapidate (throw stones at)
snowball (throw snowballs at)
egg (throw eggs at)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Meaning:
Throw bombs at or attack with bombs
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
bomb; bombard
Context example:
The Americans bombed Dresden
Hypernyms (to "bombard" is one way to...):
assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bombard"):
carpet bomb (bomb a large area systematically and extensively)
blast; shell (use explosives on)
firebomb (attack with incendiary bombs)
letter bomb (send an explosive to)
atomise; atomize; nuke; zap (strike at with firepower or bombs)
pattern-bomb (bomb in certain patterns)
hydrogen-bomb (attack with a hydrogen bomb)
atom-bomb; nuke (bomb with atomic weapons)
skip-bomb (attack with delayed release bombs)
glide-bomb (bomb by gliding)
dive-bomb (bomb from a diving airplane)
bomb out (make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
barrage; bombard
Context examples:
The speaker was barraged by an angry audience / The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer
Hypernyms (to "bombard" is one way to...):
assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe (attack in speech or writing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
