bombards

/B AA0 M B AA1 R D Z/
noun
  1. 1

    A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

  2. 2

    A bassoon-like medieval instrument

  3. 3

    A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.

  4. 4

    A bombardment.

  5. 5

    A bombardon.

verb
  1. 1

    To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.

  2. 2

    To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.

  3. 3

    To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

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