 bombard |
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| 1. | [ verb ] (military) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | |
| Synonyms: | bomb | |
| Examples: | "The Americans bombed Dresden" |
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| Related terms: | attack blast glide-bomb skip-bomb firebomb letter-bomb pattern-bomb nuke atom-bomb dive-bomb bomb_out carpet_bomb letter_bomb hydrogen-bomb bombing bomber | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile | |
| Synonyms: | pelt | |
| Examples: | "They pelted each other with snowballs" |
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| Related terms: | throw snowball lapidate egg pelter | |
| 3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12264 | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (music,medieval) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family | |
| Synonyms: | bombardon | |
| Related terms: | shawm bass | |
| Similar spelling: |
bombardon bombardier bomber bombproof Bomberger bomb_rack |
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