bombard
/ˌbɑmˈbɑɹd/ verb C2- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles. · The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
- To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- To continuously send or direct (at someone) · I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.· Please don't bombard me with questions right now, I'll answer them at the end of the statement.
- To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
He/she/it bombards · Past bombarded · Past participle bombarded · -ing form bombarding
Verb forms
- Base form
- bombard
- He/she/it
- bombards
- Past
- bombarded
- Past participle
- bombarded
- -ing form
- bombarding
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