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Bombard

A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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Assail 76% connected

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Assault 76% connected

A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Attack 76% connected

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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Bass 76% connected

of Bass

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Irradiate 76% connected

To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

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Loft 76% connected

That which is lifted up; an elevation.

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Ray 76% connected

To array.

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Shawm 76% connected

A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.

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Snipe 76% connected

Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Atomize 76% connected

To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray.

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Blast 76% connected

A violent gust of wind.

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Egg 76% connected

The oval or roundish body laid by domestic poultry and other birds, tortoises, etc. It consists of a yolk, usually surrounded by the "white" or album…

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Lapidate 76% connected

To stone.

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Shell 76% connected

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.

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Snowball 76% connected

A round mass of snow pressed or roller together, or anything resembling such a mass.

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zap 76% connected

To strike or hit suddenly, especially with a burst of energy

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Barrage 74% connected

An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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Barrage 74% connected

An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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Bomb 74% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

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Bomb 74% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

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Bombardment 74% connected

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

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Bombardment 74% connected

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

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Pelter 74% connected

One who pelts.

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Pelter 74% connected

One who pelts.

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Rain 74% connected

Reign.

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Rain 74% connected

Reign.

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Barrage 92% connected

An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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Bomb 92% connected

A great noise; a hollow sound.

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Bombardon 92% connected

Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass…

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Pelt 92% connected

The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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