[bɒmˈbɑːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles
(e.g: the city was bombarded by federal forces)


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Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder

[ˈbɒmbɑːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cannon of the earliest type, which fired a stone ball or large shot


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun denoting an early form of cannon, also a shawm) from Old French bombarde, probably based on Latin bombus ‘booming, humming’ (see bomb). The verb (late 16th century) is from French bombarder