to attack or batter with artillery fire.

to attack with bombs.

to assail vigorously

to bombard the speaker with questions.

Physics . to direct high energy particles or radiations against

to bombard a nucleus.

the earliest kind of cannon, originally throwing stone balls.

Nautical . bomb ketch.

an English leather tankard of the 18th century and earlier, similar to but larger than a blackjack.

Obsolete . a leather jug.

noun

assault , shelling , attack , bombing , onslaught , blitz , blitzkriegnotes:a lot of people refer to dodgeball when they really mean bombardment - two teams squaring off from opposite sides of the gym and unable to cross the center line; dodgeball is a game with a circle of attackers and the victims in the middle , burst , cannonade , fusillade , hail , salvo , shower , storm , volley