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bombard

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  1. attack                
 
1. bom.bard \'ba:m-.ba.rd\ n [ME bombarde, fr. MF, prob. fr. L bombus] : a 
   late medieval cannon 
2. bom.bard \ba:m-'ba:rd, b*m-\ \-m*nt\ vt 1: to attack with artillery or 
   bombers  2: to assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)  3: to 
   subject to the impact of rapidly moving particles (as electrons or a lpha 
   rays) - bom.bard.ment n