| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bom·bard |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b m-bärd , b m- |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards
1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See synonyms at attack. , barrage2. 3. To irradiate (an atom). 4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls. | | NOUN: | (bmbärd ) An early form of cannon that fired stone balls. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound. See bomb. | | OTHER FORMS: | bom·barder —NOUN
bom·bardment —NOUN
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