All bombard synonyms

verb bombard

• assault — An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
• hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• besiege — If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you.
• pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
• blitz — If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
• harass — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
• barrage — A barrage is continuous firing on an area with large guns and tanks.
• batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
• blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
• open fire — start shooting
• strafe — to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.
• catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
• shell — a hard outer covering of an animal, as the hard case of a mollusk, or either half of the case of a bivalve mollusk.
• launch — to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
• cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
• beset — If someone or something is beset by problems or fears, they have many problems or fears which affect them severely.
• pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• assail — If someone assails you, they criticize you strongly.