bombard

See also: Bombard

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb:
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɒmˈbɑːd/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/, /bəmˈbɑɹd/
- Audio (US) (file)
Noun:
- (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒmˌbɑːd/
- (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/

Etymology 1 edit

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.

Noun edit

bombard (plural bombards)

a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
  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.
(obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
(obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  […] yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
(poetic, rare) A bombardment.
- 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:
  With mines and parallels contracts the space;
  Then bids the battering floats his labors crown
  And pour their bombard on the shuddering town
(music) A bombardon.

Translations edit

medieval primitive cannon

Bulgarian: бомба́рда f (bombárda)
Catalan: bombarda (ca) f
Czech: bombarda (cs) f
Dutch: bombarde (nl), kartouwe, geschut (nl)
French: bombarde (fr) f
German: Bombarde f, Donnerbüchse (de) f, Steinbüchse f, Kartaune (de) f
Greek: βομβάρδα (el) f (vomvárda)
Ido: bombardilo (io)
Latin: bombarda f
Middle English: bombard
Portuguese: bombarda (pt) f
Russian: бомба́рда (ru) f (bombárda)
Spanish: bombarda (es) f

Etymology 2 edit

From French bombarder, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard”).

Verb edit

bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)

To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
(figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
(figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.

Please don't bombard me with questions right now, I'll answer them at the end of the statement.
(physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

Synonyms edit

bomb

Translations edit

to attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles — see bomb

to attack something or someone by directing objects at them

Dutch: bekogelen (nl)
Finnish: pommittaa (fi)
French: bombarder (fr)
German: bombardieren (de)
Greek: βομβαρδίζω (el) (vomvardízo)
Japanese: 浴びせる (ja) (あびせる, abiseru)
Norman: bombarder (Jersey)
Polish: bombardować (pl) impf, zbombardować (pl) pf
Portuguese: bombardear (pt)
Russian: бомбарди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bombardírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бомбарди́рати

Roman: bombardírati (sh)
Spanish: bombardear (es)

to direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms

Bulgarian: бомбарди́рам (bg) impf or pf (bombardíram)
Czech: bombardovat (cs)
Dutch: bombarderen (nl)
French: bombarder (fr)
German: bombardieren (de)
Greek: βομβαρδίζω (el) (vomvardízo)
Japanese: 照射する (ja) (shōsha suru)
Norman: bombarder (Jersey)
Polish: bombardować (pl) impf, zbombardować (pl) pf
Portuguese: bombardear (pt)
Russian: бомбарди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (bombardírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бомбарди́рати

Roman: bombardírati (sh)
Spanish: bombardear (es)

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} bombardi
Galician: ^{(please verify)} bombardear (gl)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} להפציץ (le'haftzytz) (to attack with bombs or missiles), ^{(please verify)} להפגיז (le'hafgyz) (to attack with artillery shells)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} membomi (id), ^{(please verify)} memborbardir
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} bombardar, ^{(please verify)} bombar
Italian: ^{(please verify)} bombardare (it)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} urbem tormentis verberare, ^{(please verify)} bombardare
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} bombe (no)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} bombardear (es)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} boumön