to bombard
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7.5
- verb
- /bɑmˈbɑrd/
- Specialized
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bombardear
- In 1934, Rutherford and Mark Oliphant bombarded deuterons with neutrons and thus created tritium, the third hydrogen isotope.
- bombarded a target
- bombarded by cosmic rays
- bombarded the Earth
You said that the moon is bombarded all the time with helium three.
- You said that the moon is bombarded all the time with helium three.
Examples
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This is where electrons bombard the stuff.
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Scientists bombard the target with high-energy particles to study its reaction.
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Cosmic rays bombard us from space all the time.
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So it was promptly used to bombard many nuclear species and thus produce new isotopes.
Academic text (2012) -
You said that the moon is bombarded all the time with helium three.
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When we bombard it with X-rays from the electron-laser, look what happens.
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It's like we're being bombarded by unfiltered solar radiation.
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The Earth is continually bombarded by these particles, which collide with atoms in the stratosphere to produce even more particles.
Academic text (1990) -
All this sounds relatively straightforward until one faces the fact that the detector is constantly bombarded with cosmic-ray muons.
Academic text (2000) -
For two centuries, astronomers and geologists have recognized that the Earth is continually bombarded by small extraterrestrial objects called meteoroids.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
300
3.1
To attack a place by dropping explosive devices from planes
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3.8
To send a strong stream of air at something
To fire a quick series of shots at someone or something
Phrasal Verbs
How Intense
- Specialized
19
6.0
- Specialized
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7.5
- Specialized
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8.0
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bombard in science keeps the same image: it is like sending many tiny bombs at a target to hit it over and over. So scientists 'bombard' materials or atoms when they aim a strong stream of particles or rays at them to study what happens.