bombarded

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bombarded - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bombard \Bom*bard"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Bombarding.]
     To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to
     throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
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           Next, she means to bombard Naples.       --Burke.
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           His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood.
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