bombard

Meanings

Plural: bombards

Noun

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument.
A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
A bombardment.
A bombardon.

Verb

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
- "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
direct high energy particles or radiation against
To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
To continuously send or direct (at someone)
To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

barrage, bomb, bombardon, pelt

Scrabble Score: 14

bombard is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bombard is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bombard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

bombard is a valid Words With Friends word