Meaning

noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

verb cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

verb throw bombs at or attack with bombs

originFrom Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”). The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.

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