Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Next, she means to bombard Naples.       --Burke.

         His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood.