bombard
A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone ballsA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
» We were bombarded with questions.
Нас забросали вопросами.
Meaning
5 sensesA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
Bombarde, Donnerbüchse, Steinbüchse
бомба́рдаbombárda
(poetic, rare)A bombardment.
A bombardon.
(obsolete)A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument.
(obsolete)A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
- a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
Examples
20 sentencesWe were bombarded with questions.
ruНас забросали вопросами.
Tom bombarded Mary with questions.
The terrorist bombarded passersby with gunfire.
Mars is bombarded by cosmic radiation.
We're constantly bombarded with images of success.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; aFrom Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).
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Forms
plural: bombardsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family:bombardon