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.
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. — marafon
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