Definition of "bombards" [bombards]

• Plural form of bombard. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bombard. (verb)

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• "XI. made such use of his "bombards" in the wars in Flanders."
• "Zeteuel, in 1407, five "bombards," as the heavy pieces of ordnance were then called, were able to discharge only forty shot in the course of a day; and it is noticed as a remarkable circumstance at the siege of"
• ""bombards" even the healthy parts of the body with toxic agents, waiting to see if after the battle there were enough healthy parts remaining to allow the organism to continue to exist."