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Bombard is an English word with synonyms like attack or assail. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bombard in a sentence

Related words

Bombard | Bombardment | Bombarded | Bombardier | Bombarding | Bombardments | Bombards | Bombardiers

Bombard meaning

  1. A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
  2. A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument.
  3. A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.

Synonyms of Bombard

attack assail snipe lash out round barrage bomb throw pelt bass shawm bombardon assault

Related words

Other words often associated with Bombard or its synonyms:

criticize fire onslaught knock fight criticise global run place actuation defend ravishment

Using Bombard

  • The main meaning on this page is: A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. | A bassoon-like medieval musical instrument. | A large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
  • Useful related words include: attack, assail, snipe, lash out.
  • In the example corpus, bombard often appears in combinations such as: to bombard, bombard the, and bombard.

Context around Bombard

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

speakers 1× likely 1× holidaymakers 1× cindy 1× fans 1× people 1×

Often after:

cities 1× large 1× social 1× people 1× thomas 1× urges 1× braun 1×

Sentence patterns with Bombard

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anxious holidaymakers bombard thomas cook 1× but not bombard their eyes 1× can they bombard you with 1× continues to bombard cities around 1× fans to bombard braun and 1× hospital and bombard it directly 1× ll likely bombard you with 1× miscreants who bombard social media 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

al nasr hospital 1× anxious holidaymakers bombard 1× at minimum he 1× both tools of 1× clamp down on 1× for this reason 1×

Common sentence endings:

6 foot australians 1× based on traffic 1× bring your resume 1× cities around ukraine 1× cook with messages 1× directly with artillery 1×

Words around Bombard

Just before it in the word index:

bombara 3 bombali 2 bombadil 10 bombadier 3 bombach 3 bombacaceae 2

Just after it in the word index:

bombarded 205 bombardier 121 bombardiers 4 bombarding 60 bombardment 414 bombardments 47

Similar in corpus frequency:

accede 64 adhesion 64 adjudicate 64 aec 64 aida 64 aimim 64

Corpus analysis for Bombard

  • In this selection, "bombard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, speakers, likely, holidaymakers, cities, large and social stand out and add context to how "bombard" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anxious holidaymakers bombard thomas cook and but not bombard their eyes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bombard" sits close to words such as accede, adhesion and adjudicate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bombard

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Russia continues to bombard cities around Ukraine. (7 words)

Anxious holidaymakers bombard Thomas Cook with messages. (7 words)

They will bombard you with calls, requesting for details of the invite. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Society will bombard your child with messages that they aren’t good enough as they are, that they need to buy certain products to help them become a better version of themselves, clinical psychologist told HuffPost. (36 words)

Now retailers can bombard you with offers that are highly customised and super-short – a deal, perhaps, for something you might have been searching online for, and now available at a discount only until midnight. (35 words)

Al-Nasr Hospital has also been subjected to bombing and siege for several days, while the occupation tanks are stationed meters away from al-Quds Hospital and bombard it directly with artillery. (32 words)

Exclamation examples

I mean with no loading screens how can they bombard you with hints and tips about how to play the game! (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

Al-Nasr Hospital has also been subjected to bombing and siege for several days, while the occupation tanks are stationed meters away from al-Quds Hospital and bombard it directly with artillery.

Russia continues to bombard cities around Ukraine.

With its frosted RGB plastic, this will light up any gamer's desk but not bombard their eyes with aggressive LEDs.

I can scream along to the lyrics without worry, and really feel the song as my speakers bombard my entire body with glorious, freeing sound waves.

Society will bombard your child with messages that they aren’t good enough as they are, that they need to buy certain products to help them become a better version of themselves, clinical psychologist told HuffPost.

Upon opening the app, it'll likely bombard you with permission requests: camera access, microphone access, files, location — you get the idea.

At minimum, he said, presidential candidates would go for big states and bombard large population centers.

Clamp down on those miscreants who bombard social media with outlandish theories and misinformation, for starters.

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I mean with no loading screens how can they bombard you with hints and tips about how to play the game!

You have a right to contact people, you have a right to pros—proselytize, you can bombard people with letters all you want," Westlund said.

Anxious holidaymakers bombard Thomas Cook with messages.

For this reason, chamber president, Cindy Bombard, urges all attendees to “dress to impress,” and remember to bring your resume.

Her pictures have got massive response on Twitter as their fans bombard them asking to share more pictures.

Now retailers can bombard you with offers that are highly customised and super-short – a deal, perhaps, for something you might have been searching online for, and now available at a discount only until midnight.

Swift's petty move - calling on her fans to bombard Braun and Borchetta - will only make matters worse.

The more people bombard that line with specific issues, the more it gets noticed by people who make decisions based on ‘traffic’.

Both tools of convenience, though only one will bombard you with a stressful threesome request from a pair of 6-foot Australians.

However, the irony of it is that there seems to be sex everywhere except on marital beds if sex scandals that bombard us are anything to go by.

They will bombard you with calls, requesting for details of the invite.

Today, the most random websites ask us for permission to bombard us with content.

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Common combinations with bombard

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bombard" in a sentence?
An example: "Al-Nasr Hospital has also been subjected to bombing and siege for several days, while the occupation tanks are stationed meters away from al-Quds Hospital and bombard it directly with artillery." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "bombard" from authentic English texts.
What does "bombard" mean?
Bombard means: A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
What are synonyms of "bombard"?
Common synonyms of "bombard" include: attack, assail, snipe, lash out, round, barrage, bomb, throw. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "bombard" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "bombard", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.