Inflected forms: bom·bard·ed, bom·bard·ing, bom·bards 1. To attack with bombs, shells, or missiles. 2. To assail persistently, as with requests. See synonyms at attack. , barrage2. 3. To irradiate (an atom). 4. To attack with a cannon firing stone balls.
NOUN:
(bmbärd) An early form of cannon that fired stone balls.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound. See bomb.
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) An early form of cannon that fired stone balls. 
