Definition of bombard

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bom·bard    (bm-bärd, bm-) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English, a bombard, from Old French bombarde, from Medieval Latin bombarda, probably from Latin bombus, a booming sound ; see bomb

OTHER FORMS:
bom·barder(Noun), bom·bardment(Noun)