bombards
Meaning of bombards
- attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
the city was bombarded by federal forces
plural noun
a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot.
late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder .
Information about bombards
- The singular form of bombards is: bombard.
- Languages in which bombards is used:
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Hyphenation of bombards
bom-bards
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- bombards is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bombards synonyms
Meaning bombard with shells:
Meaning attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning attack or seriously damage (a place) in a blitz:
Meaning attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft:
Meaning hit repeatedly with small missiles or gunshot:
Meaning attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs:
Meaning make a concerted or violent attack on:
Meaning take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning strike repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives:
Meaning hurl missiles repeatedly at:
Meaning discharge heavy guns continuously:
Meaning fire a fusillade at (a place or person):
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