Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bombard
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Bombard
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~ v 1 to attack a place by firing a lot of guns or throwing bombs continuously at it (British ships began bombarding the port of Alexandria.) 2 to continue asking someone a lot of questions criticizing them, or giving them a lot of information at once (Both leaders were bombarded with questions from the press.)
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(bombards, bombarding, bombarded) 1. If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them. He bombarded Catherine with questions to which he should have known the answers... I’ve been bombarded by the press and television since I came back from Norway. VERB: V n with n, be V-ed by n 2. When soldiers bombard a place, they attack it with continuous heavy gunfire or bombs. Rebel artillery units have regularly bombarded the airport... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French, probably from Latin bombus Date: 15th century a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones II. transitive verb Date: 1686 1. to attack especially with artillery or bombers 2. to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions) 3. to subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (as electrons) Synonyms: see attack • ~ment noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 attack with a number of heavy guns or bombs. 2 (often foll. by with) subject to persistent questioning, abuse, etc. 3 Physics direct a stream of high-speed particles at (a substance). Derivatives bombardment n. Etymology: F bombarder f. bombarde f. med.L bombarda a stone-throwing engine: see BOMB ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. воен. ист. бомбарда 2. бомбардировать; бомбить 3. засыпать, забрасывать (вопросами, просьбами, жалобами) to bombard smb. with abuse —- осыпать кого-либо оскорблениями 4. физ. бомбардировать, облучать частицами 5. шпиговать телятину ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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with донимать The speaker was bombarded with questions. BOMBARD 1. noun; hist. бомбарда 2. v. 1) бомбардировать (with - чем-л.) For a whole week, the little town was bombarded with enemy shells until the citizens were forced to yield. The machine was made so that the army could bombard the enemy castle with bits of broken rocks 2) coll. засыпать, донимать (вопросами) - bombard with 3) phys. бомбардировать, облучать частицами Syn: see attack ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1598, from Fr. bombarder, from bombarde "mortar, catapult," from bombe (see bomb). Bombardier is first recorded 1560. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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