/ bɒmˈbɑːd; NAmE bɑːmˈbɑːrd/ verb [ vn ] bombard sb/sth (with sth)
1.
to attack a place by firing large guns at it or dropping bombs on it continuously
2.
to attack sb with a lot of questions, criticisms, etc. or by giving them too much information :
We have been bombarded with letters of complaint.
► bom·bard·ment noun [ U , C ]:
The city came under heavy bombardment.
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WORD 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, from Greek bombos , of imitative origin. The verb (late 16th cent.) is from French bombarder .