āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to bombard
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āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to drop bombs on someone or something continuously
Transitive: to bombard a place or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The navy ships would bombard the enemy coastal defenses before the amphibious landing.
āĻāĻāĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖā§āĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to send a fast-moving stream of particles, such as atoms or subatomic particles, toward a substance
Transitive: to bombard a substance with particles
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The laboratory used a particle accelerator to bombard atoms with protons.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŖāĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to continuously expose someone to something, such as information, questions, or criticisms
Transitive: to bombard sb with sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The talk show host bombarded the guest with challenging and provocative questions.
āĻāĻ āĻļā§ āĻšā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to attack or strike something repeatedly with artillery fire
Transitive: to bombard an enemy position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
For hours, the soldiers bombarded the enemy stronghold with relentless fire.
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻ§āĻ°ā§, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Bombard
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a large, low-pitched shawm, belonging to the shawm family of woodwind instruments
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The medieval ensemble included a bombard and a tambourine.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
bombardment
bombard
bomb
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