bombard
- Noun. a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- Noun. (obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument.
- Verb. To attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- Verb. (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- Verb. (physics) 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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