Bombard

/ˈbɑmˌbɑɹd/

Synonyms for "bombard" (166 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (34)

Verb(8 words)

bomb assaulted attack attacked barrage barraged besieges blitzed

accelerate activateaim atassail assault atomize attack barrage bassoon batter battle besiege blast blaze blitzblow to pieces

Noun(10 words)

assaulting attacking avalanche avalanches barrages barraging battering blitzes blitzing blizzards

Strong matches (49)

blow upbomb cannon cannonade cello clarinet clarion cleavecommence firingcornet cross-bombard diapason enfiladeenglish hornfife firefire a volleyfire atfire uponfission

Show 4 more words

flute fusillade gun hail

Noun(17 words)

bombardon bombing bombs brickbats broadsiding buffet cannonades cannonading cannons deluges firebomb flooding floods glutinformation loadjackhammers mailbomb

Verb(8 words)

bombed cannonaded deluging egged firebombed flood inundate irradiating

Related words (83)

Verb(13 words)

mailbombed overwhelm pelleted pelt pelted pestered plied pummel pummelled rained shell shelled spammed

Noun(21 words)

mailbombing mailbombs mortars pellet pelting pelts peppering peppersplies the riversandblast shelling shells spam spamming spams swampswamp the inboxswamping torrents volley

Show 1 more word

volleying

mine mixture mortar nucleize oboe ocarina octaveopen fireopen up onorgan stoppanpipe pepper piccolo pipepop atprincipal rake rank recorder reed

Show 29 more words

reed stopregister saxophoneset uponshell shootshoot atshowersix shootersmash the atomsnipesnipe atspring stop storm strafe strikesweet potatotake aim attorpedo tremolo trombone trumpet vibrato viola whistle woods woodwindzero in on

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

13 entries

assail assault attack bass harass irradiatelash outloft ray round shawm snipe throw

More specific

4 entries

airstrike badger interrogate shelling

Collocations

6 entries

air bombardmentartillery bombardmentheavy bombardmentmass bombardmentnightly bombardmentsustained bombardment

Inflections

3 entries

bombarded bombarding bombards

Derivations

1 entries

bombardment

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Brave men and women crossed thousands of miles to bombard innocent villagers in these remote mountains.

Source: tatoeba (3881608)

Over 100 tons of dust and sand-sized particles bombard the earth every day from space, most of which goes unnoticed.

Source: tatoeba (4158625)

The teacher began to bombard me with questions.

Source: tatoeba (5377067)

Cyber experts say hundreds of thousands of viruses and malware bombard personal computers every day.

Source: tatoeba (11459163)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

More for "bombard"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog