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bombarding

bombarding is the present participle and gerund of bombard.

Meaning of bombard

Verb

bombard (third-person singular simple present bombards, present participle bombarding, simple past and past participle bombarded)

  1. To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
    • The enemy's stronghold was bombarded for 3 hours straight.
  2. (figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
    • My correspondent, who was riding in the first coach, comments that the small standard tender did not take kindly to this gay progress, and signified its disapproval from time to time by bombarding the train with lumps of coal!1954 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 488
  3. (figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
    • I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.
  4. To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.

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Noun

bombarding (plural bombardings)

  1. bombardment

Forms of bombarding

pluralbombardings

Questions about bombarding

What does bombarding mean?
Bombarding means bombardment.
What is bombarding the present participle and gerund of?
Bombarding is the present participle and gerund of bombard.
What part of speech is bombarding?
Bombarding is a noun.
What is the plural of bombarding?
The plural of bombarding is bombardings.

Words near bombarding in the dictionary

  1. bombarders
  2. bombardier
  3. bombardier beetle
  4. bombardier beetles
  5. bombardiers
  6. bombarding
  7. bombardings
  8. bombardman
  9. bombardmen
  10. bombardment
  11. bombardments

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