bombard in WordNet English dictionary

1. address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
   "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"
   bombard  barrage 
   
2. throw bombs at or attack with bombs
   "The Americans bombed Dresden"
   bombard  bomb 
   
3. direct high energy particles or radiation against
   bombard 
   
4. cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
   "They pelted each other with snowballs"
   pelt  bombard 
   

1. a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
   bombardon  bombard