1590s, from French bombarder, from bombarde "mortar, catapult" (see bombard (n.)). Figurative sense by 1765. Related: Bombarded; bombarding.

early 15c., "catapult, military engine for throwing large stones," from Middle French bombarde "mortar, catapult" (14c.), from bombe (see bomb (n.)). The same word, from the same s [..]

bombardon: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family pelt: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" throw bombs at [..]

v. To assail with any missile or with abusive speech.

A piece of heavy ordnance for heaving stones used during a siege.

Engagement of enemy batteries from the Hostile Battery (HB) list using predicted fire, usually as a fire plan, either scheduled or on-call.  See 'Target Acquisition and Counter Bombardment' [..]

  a barrel, a drunkard.

Heavy cannon used in siege warfare, firing gunstones or metal cannon balls of up to 1,000 lb.    (Seward, Desmond. Henry V: The Scourge of God, 221)

a medieval form of cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.

(n) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family(v) cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile(v) throw bombs at or attack with bombs(v) address with continuously or persistently, as if w [..]

a barrel, a drunkard

To shoot or strike your opponent’s boules one after the other, after the opponent has taken the lead.

a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. * Knolles *: They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, [..]