(with sth)
1 to attack a place by firing large guns at it or dropping bombs on it continuously:
Madrid was heavily bombarded for several months.
2 to attack sb with a lot of questions, criticisms, etc. or by giving them too much information:
We have been bombarded with letters of complaint. * We are bombarded daily with propaganda about what we should eat.
bombardment noun [U,C]:
The city came under heavy bombardment.
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