English
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- To attack something with bombs, artillery shells, or other missiles.
- figuratively To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- physics to direct an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms, at a substance.
Synonyms
bomb
Translations
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:* Chinese: ��弹
:* Dutch: bombarderen
:* Esperanto: bombi
:* French: bombarder
:* Galician: bombardear
:* German: bombardieren
:* Hebrew: ��פצ�ץ (le'haftzytz) to attack with bombs or missiles, ��פ��� (le'hafgyz) to attack with artillery shells
:* Ido: bombardar
:* Indonesian: bom|membomi, borbardir|memborbardir
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:* Interlingua: bombardar, bombar
:* Italian: bombardare
:* Japanese: �� (����, bakugeki)
:* Korean: í�격í��ë�¤ [ç��æ��-] (pokgyeokhada)
:* Latin: urbem tormentis verberare, bombardare
:* Norwegian: bombe
:* Portuguese: bombardear
:* Spanish: bombardear
:* Volapük: boumön
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Derived terms
bombardment
Noun
en-noun
- a medieval form of cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
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