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  • verb Present participle of bombard.

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Examples

  • As Meitner later described, From 1934 to 1938, Hahn and I were able to resume our joint work, the impetus for which had come from Fermi's results in bombarding heavy elements with neutrons.

    Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna 2007

  • Take absolute pleasure in bombarding her with all sorts of gubbins you’ve downloaded of t’interweb.

    Yeah Yeah Yeah « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • In the postwar period, Thomas focused his bile more particularly on the Communist Party, "bombarding" the Attorney General's office with letters "urging him to prosecute the CP for failing to register as a foreign agent and for seeking the violent overthrow of the government," and writing to Truman, "The immunity which this foreign-directed conspiracy has been enjoying for the past fifteen years must cease."

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • And the reason it does, I think, this is -- you know, because things like television, things like the news -- you know, continually kind of bombarding us with all these kind of tragedies and atrocities and, you know, all of this, you know, made-up stuff.

    Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History 2000

  • Each of these flying machines evolved with some practical purpose - if the Gee Bee R - 2 Racer was designed for pleasure seekers, the B-52 Stealth Bomber was designed for critical missions such as bombarding and data acquisitions.

    EFYTIMES.COM - by EFY NEWSNETWORK TEAM 2010

  • Since, Hollywood insiders claim Jolie has been 'bombarding' Depp with emails and 'buring up the phone lines' about her woes.

    Home 2010

  • Since, Hollywood insiders claim Jolie has been 'bombarding' Depp with emails and 'buring up the phone lines' about her woes.

    Home 2010

  • Shelling accused The News-Star of "bombarding" Monroe City Schools with written public records requests and singling out African-American board members with negative coverage.

    thenewsstar.com - Local News 2009

  • A list of Israeli officials, their email addresses, phone numbers, mobile phone numbers, and fax machine numbers has been developed and put into broad circulation for the expressed purpose of "bombarding" those targeted with unsolicited messages, thus rendering their phones, email addresses and fax lines unusable.

    The Jawa Report 2009

  • World: Chavez 'bombarding' clouds in Venezuela to fight drought

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

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