bombard
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
They pelted each other with snowballs
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
throw bombs at or attack with bombs
The Americans bombed Dresden
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
- carpet bomb hyponym
- bomb out hyponym
- dive-bomb hyponym
- glide-bomb hyponym
- skip-bomb hyponym
- atom-bomb hyponym
- hydrogen-bomb hyponym
- pattern-bomb hyponym
- nuke hyponym
- letter bomb hyponym
- firebomb hyponym
- shell hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
The speaker was barraged by an angry audience
Types & categories
- lash out hypernym
Related & opposite
- bombardment derivation
Sense 5 verb
direct high energy particles or radiation against
Types & categories
- ray hypernym
Related & opposite
- physics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bass |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shawm |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pelting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pelter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapidate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snowball |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | egg |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bombing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bomb |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bomber |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bomber |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpet bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bomb out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dive-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | glide-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | skip-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | atom-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hydrogen-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pattern-bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nuke |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | letter bomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | firebomb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shell |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bombardment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lash out |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ray |