Definition: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
Similar words: bass
Definition: the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
Similar words: shawm
Definition: a medieval oboe
Synonyms: bombard
Definition: direct high energy particles or radiation against
Definition: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage
Usage: The speaker was barraged by an angry audience; The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer
Similar words: snipe, round, assail, assault, attack, lash out
Definition: attack in speech or writing
Usage: The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
Definition: throw bombs at or attack with bombs
Usage: The Americans bombed Dresden
Definition: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
Usage: Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II; Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week
Definition: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile
Usage: They pelted each other with snowballs