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Donnerbüchse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bombard verb To attack repeatedly with bombs, shells, or gunfire.

Senses

Donnerbüchse is used for these senses in English:

  • blunderbuss An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
  • bombard A medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

bombard — full definition

  1. verb To attack repeatedly with bombs, shells, or gunfire.
  2. verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something, such as questions or information.

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