Bombard - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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...
Bombardier
One who used or managed a bombard an artilleryman a gunner...
Bombardman
One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard...
Bombardment
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...
Bumbard
See Bombard...
Congreve
Short for Cogreve rocket a powerful form of rocket formerly used in war either in the field or for bombardment In the former case it was armed with shell shrapnel or other missiles in the latter with an inextinguishable explosive material inclosed in a metallic case It was guided by a long wooden stick...
friendly fire
Weapons fire9 such as artillery or aerial bombardment from ones own forces used mostly when troops do damage or cause casualties among their own forces as the tank was hit by friendly fire...
lawrencium
A transuranic element of atomic number 103 It was discovered in 1961 by bombardment of californium in a cyclotron with boron nuclei Other isotopes were prepared in 1965 at Dubna The atomic weight of the most stable isotope is 256 having a half life of 35 seconds Symbol Lr...
manned
Having a crew of vehicles as a manned earth satellite was considered a necessary research step to minimize casualties the military used cruise missiles rather than manned aircraft for the bombardment Opposite of unmanned...
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