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Bombarded vs Bombardment - What's the difference?

bombarded | bombardment |

Bombarded is a see also of bombardment.


As a verb bombarded

is (bombard).

As a noun bombardment is

the act of bombing, especially towns or cities.

bombarded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bombard)

  • bombard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
  • * Knolles
  • They planted in divers places twelve great bombards , wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.
  • (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
  • (obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
  • yond same black cloud, yond huge one, / looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor.
  • (poetic, rare) A bombardment.
  • (music) A bombardon.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
  • (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
  • (physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
  • Synonyms

    * bomb

    Derived terms

    * bombardier * bombardment * bombard phrase

    bombardment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of bombing, especially towns or cities
  • heavy artillery fire
  • (physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance
  • See also

    * bombard * bombarded