bombard sth




Advanced English dictionary


(with sth)
1 to attack a place by firing large guns at it or dropping bombs on it continuously: Madrid was heavily bombarded for several months.
2 to attack sb with a lot of questions, criticisms, etc. or by giving them too much information: We have been bombarded with letters of complaint. + We are bombarded daily with propaganda about what we should eat.
bombardment noun [U, C]: The city came under heavy bombardment.