bombard
/ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A bombardment.
noun
A bombardon.
verb
To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
verb
To continuously send or direct (at someone)
Example Sentences
- "They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses."
- "[…] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor."
- "With mines and parallels contracts the space; Then bids the battering floats his labors crown And pour their bombard on the shuddering town"
- "The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight."
- "My correspondent, who was riding in the first coach, comments that the small standard tender did not take kindly to this gay progress, and signified its disapproval from time to time by bombarding the train with lumps of coal!"
- "I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news."
Etymology
From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”). The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/
- British English: /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/