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bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" |
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bomb |
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assail,
attack attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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carpet bomb bomb a large area systematically and extensively; "The U.S. decided to carpet bomb Vietnam"
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bomb out make somebody homeless by destroying their houses with bombs
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dive-bomb bomb from a diving airplane
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glide-bomb bomb by gliding
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skip-bomb attack with delayed release bombs
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atom-bomb,
nuke bomb with atomic weapons
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hydrogen-bomb attack with a hydrogen bomb
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pattern-bomb bomb in certain patterns
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atomise,
atomize,
nuke,
zap break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air"
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letter bomb send an explosive to; "The Unabomber letter bombed a number of individuals and institutions"
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firebomb attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the stores"
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blast,
shell shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
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bombard - address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" |
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barrage |
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assail,
assault,
attack,
lash out,
round,
snipe attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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bombard - direct high energy particles or radiation against |
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irradiate,
ray expose to radiation; "irradiate food"
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natural philosophy,
physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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