| VERB | contact | bombard, pelt | cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile |
|---|---|---|---|
| competition | bombard, bomb | throw bombs at or attack with bombs | |
| communication | bombard, barrage | address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage | |
| change | bombard | direct high energy particles or radiation against | |
| NOUN | artifact | bombard, bombardon | a large shawm |
| Sounds | baambaa'rd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | avant-garde ... yard: 51 rhymes with aard... | |
| Meaning | A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | bombardon | |
| Broader | bass | The member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments |
| shawm | A medieval oboe | |
| Spanish | bombarda | |
| Catalan | bombarda | |
| Meaning | cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonym | pelt | |
| Narrower | egg | Throw eggs at |
| lapidate | Throw stones at | |
| snowball | Throw snowballs at | |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
| Spanish | bombardear | |
| Catalan | bombardejar | |
| Meaning | Throw bombs at or attack with bombs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | bomb | |
| Narrower | atom-bomb, nuke | bomb with atomic weapons |
| blast, shell | Use explosives on | |
| bomb out | make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs | |
| carpet bomb | bomb a large area systematically and extensively | |
| dive-bomb | bomb from a diving airplane | |
| firebomb | attack with incendiary bombs | |
| glide-bomb | bomb by gliding | |
| hydrogen-bomb | attack with a hydrogen bomb | |
| letter bomb | Send an explosive to | |
| nuke, atomize, atomise, zap | strike at with firepower or bombs | |
| pattern-bomb | bomb in certain patterns | |
| skip-bomb | attack with delayed release bombs | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | bombardear, bombear | |
| Catalan | bombardejar | |
| Nouns | bombardment | an attack by dropping bombs |
| Meaning | Address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" | |
| Synonym | barrage | |
| Broader | attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault | attack in speech or writing |
| Spanish | bombardear | |
| Nouns | barrage, bombardment | the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written) |
| Meaning | Direct high energy particles or radiation against. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
| Broader | irradiate, ray | expose to radiation |
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