bombard

When you bombard someone with questions, you are trying to ask them a lot of them at once. This is usually used to try to get them to answer a question that you want to know.

  • He bombarded her with questions about the project.

  • The reporter bombarded the candidate with questions during the press conference.

Definition of bombard

verb

throw bombs at or attack with bombs

Synonyms:

bomb

noun

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

Synonyms:

bombardon

verb

cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

Synonyms:

pelt

verb

address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

Synonyms:

barrage

verb

direct high energy particles or radiation against

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Example Sentences for bombard

  • 1

    Afterwards the Protoss bombard the planet.

  • 2

    The army bombarded the whole city.

  • 3

    The bombard is a member of the oboe family.

  • 4

    As the troops hit the beach, the bombardment was lifted.

  • 5

    In the process of the bombardment the historic building was destroyed.

  • 6

    The Americans called for an aerial bombardment of the compound.

  • 7

    The bombardment of the fort started on October 31.

  • 8

    The particles grow in the substrate with the bombardment of ions.

  • 9

    Hood protested the bombardment as uncivilized but Sherman disagreed.

  • 10

    However, the bombardment destroyed most of the city of Incheon.