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as in to barrage
to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions
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Recent Examples of bombard
Why not just bombard the Olympics commercial breaks with Wicked trailers?
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The likelihood is that your HNWI customers are time-poor people bombarded with hundreds of requests every day.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The system reportedly relies on a particle accelerator to bombard molten lithium salt with high-energy particles, generating neutrons that, in turn, trigger reactions to produce tritium.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine — Kyiv was bombarded overnight by Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with at least 21 people killed, including four children, according to officials.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
The likelihood is that your HNWI customers are time-poor people bombarded with hundreds of requests every day.
—Matteo Atti, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The system reportedly relies on a particle accelerator to bombard molten lithium salt with high-energy particles, generating neutrons that, in turn, trigger reactions to produce tritium.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine — Kyiv was bombarded overnight by Russia’s second-biggest aerial attack since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with at least 21 people killed, including four children, according to officials.
—Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombard
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Invita Cafe, a San Diego coffee shop, is being scrutinized and review-bombed on social media for pro-Charlie Kirk posts and products as part of a broader national response on both sides of the political aisle to last week's assassination of the conservative commentator.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Forget the marketing campaign that bombed.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The rest remained silent as Israel was barraged with accusations by fellow classmates.—
Sarah Meira Schlager,
Sun Sentinel,
2 July 2025
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When Murkowski finally appeared on the floor, she was quickly surrounded by Thune, Barrasso, Graham and Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who barraged her on all sides with points and interjections.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
29 June 2025
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Charlie was the best of America, and the monster who attacked him was attacking our whole country.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Estonian police said the drone was likely en route to attack targets inside Russia.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United States is flooded with nearly half a billion guns, and the stockpile does not vanish just because the murder rate dips.—
John J. Donohue,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Bombard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombard. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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