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The Meaning of bombard

  • (n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
  • (n.) A bombardment.
  • (n.) A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.
  • (n.) Padded breeches.
  • (n.) See Bombardo.
  • (v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.

Synonyms

helicon , bombardon , barrage , pepper , pelt , rain buckets , rain cats and dogs , bomb , pour , stream , fail , flunk , flush it , throw

Rhymes

alard , archard , ard , avant-garde , backyard , bard , barde , barnard , barnyard , barred , beauregard , bedard , belgard , bellard , benard , bernard , berrard , bevard , billard , blowhard , blvd , boatyard , bodyguard , boilard , bolyard , bossard , bouchard , bouffard , boulevard , bovard , bozard , brickyard , brossard , bunyard , burchard , burnard , buzard , byard , canard , card , chard , charred , chouinard , churchyard , courtyard , deckard , denard , dennard , dewaard , diehard , dillard , disbarred , discard , disregard , dockyard , eckard , eckhard , ekkehard , farmyard , gabbard , gallard , garard , gard , garde , gaspard , gerard , gerhard , giard , gibbard , girard , giscard , godard , gossard , graveyard , guard , guerard , guichard , hard , hildegarde , hypercard , icard , jarrard , jarred , junkyard , lard , lazard , leotard , lifeguard , lumberyard , maillard , marquard , marred , mccard , menard , nard , parde , picard , pickard , postcard , regard , renard , rennard , retard , revard , ricard , rocard , safeguard , scarred , schoolyard , scorecard , shard , shipyard , sparred , stockyard , suchard , tarred , vanguard , wildcard , willyard , yard , yarde