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- noun Plural form of
bombard . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bombard .
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Examples
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XI. made such use of his "bombards" in the wars in Flanders.
Bayard: the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach Christopher Hare
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Zeteuel, in 1407, five "bombards," as the heavy pieces of ordnance were then called, were able to discharge only forty shot in the course of a day; and it is noticed as a remarkable circumstance at the siege of
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"bombards" even the healthy parts of the body with toxic agents, waiting to see if after the battle there were enough healthy parts remaining to allow the organism to continue to exist.
Signs of the Times 2009
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Yet, unfaltering, he points the finger at the sensationalistic power of television, which bombards us with restless images and only adds to the confusion already created by the man-made borders, economic system and illogical laws all around us.
E. Nina Rothe: The Hopeful Environmentalist -- Sturla Gunnarsson's Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie E. Nina Rothe 2011
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Yet, unfaltering, he points the finger at the sensationalistic power of television, which bombards us with restless images and only adds to the confusion already created by the man-made borders, economic system and illogical laws all around us.
E. Nina Rothe: The Hopeful Environmentalist -- Sturla Gunnarsson's Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie E. Nina Rothe 2011
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He bombards civilians immediately after his regime speaks of willingness to observe a ceasefire, the spokesman said, adding that Gaddafi's forces fired 20-25 Grad missiles at rebels on Wednesday, killing one and wounding three.
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These works ask for a type of concentration that is becoming increasingly unusual in a society that bombards our brains with simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli from countless directions.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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Yet, unfaltering, he points the finger at the sensationalistic power of television, which bombards us with restless images and only adds to the confusion already created by the man-made borders, economic system and illogical laws all around us.
E. Nina Rothe: The Hopeful Environmentalist -- Sturla Gunnarsson's Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie E. Nina Rothe 2011
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These works ask for a type of concentration that is becoming increasingly unusual in a society that bombards our brains with simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli from countless directions.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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These works ask for a type of concentration that is becoming increasingly unusual in a society that bombards our brains with simultaneous visual and auditory stimuli from countless directions.
Patricia Zohn: CultureZohn: Ab Ex NY: A Contemporary Re-Telling of the Abstract Expressionist Tale Opens at MoMA Patricia Zohn 2010
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