(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
(n.) A bombardment.
(n.) A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.
(n.) Padded breeches.
(n.) See Bombardo.
(v. t.) To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
Example Sentences:
(1) The most important characteristics of various interfaces, such as direct liquid introduction, Magic, continuous flow fast atom bombardment and thermospray, are discussed.
(2) A method is described for measuring the stable isotopic enrichment of taurine in cat urine samples by high resolution fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry, after 15N labelled taurine was given to cats for the purpose of investigating taurine metabolism.
(3) The variability in response is attributed to interaction between nearby, on-going synaptic bombardment and the stimulus, implying that surface cathodal stimuli directly activate corticospinal neurons at the spike trigger zone (presumably the initial segment).
(4) Analysis of these polar lipids by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry established that they were F2-isoprostane-containing species of phosphatidylcholine.
(5) 5-10%), according to analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB-MS).
(6) Its structure was determined by permethylation and fast atom bombardment-mass spectometry analyses.
(7) Their chemical structures were determined by gas-liquid chromatography, methylation analysis, enzymatic hydrolysis, negative-ion fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
(8) Tim Krul had already made a splendid save to keep out Agüero, and Dzeko had put another effort narrowly wide, before the early bombardment conjured up the opening goal.
(9) Meanwhile, rebel-held eastern Aleppo has been overrun by pro-regime forces led by Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian-led Shia militias supported by Russian and Syrian regime aerial bombardment.
(10) In this method, the Staphylococcus aureus protease V8 digest of the CNBr-treated B subunit of the classical biotype toxin was examined directly by fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry without separation of individual peptides.
(11) High-energy radiation bombardment of intact frozen telencephalon resulted in a biphasic inactivation curve for [3H]AMPA binding.
(12) After a week of the most intensive bombardment of the five-year war, forces loyal to the Syrian leader are in control of most of the countryside immediately to the north.
(13) The number of civilian casualties from Russian bombardment is far higher than the number caused by American and French airstrikes,” said Wael Aleji, spokesman for the Syrian Network for Human Rights.
(14) spectroscopy, fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry (f.a.b.-m.s.
(15) France immediately extended its bombardment of the Islamists with air strikes in central Mali.
(16) The beheading of British aid worker David Haines on 13 September and the start of US-led bombardment of Isis positions in Syria on 23 September were followed by large anti- then pro-Isis reactions.
(17) US and coalition aircraft have been bombarding the territory in and around Kobani for days, launching airstrikes on dozens of locations and taking out militants, weapons and other targets.
(18) These results indicate the usefulness of low-energy collision-activated dissociation tandem mass spectrometry in the daughter and parent scan modes for the analysis of ganglioside structure, in combination with fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and high-energy collision-activated dissociation mass spectrometry.
(19) Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry has already been used for the identification of mutations in abnormal human hemoglobin chains.
(20) The positive and negative ion fast atom bombardment spectra of myo-inositol hexakis(disodium phosphate) and myo-inositol hexakis(dihydrogen phosphate) are described.
Bombardier
Definition:
(n.) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner.
(n.) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Example Sentences:
(1) The order is the largest yet for Bombardier’s Aventra trains, at 750 carriages, and is a boost to the Derby plant, whose future recently appeared in jeopardy.
(2) The move reduces the chances of a repeat of the Bombardier row, where the company's Derby factory missed out to a German rival for a £1.4bn government contract.
(3) At a press conference Bombardier said an alert had gone off for one of the subsystems during the flight, without providing details.
(4) This investment reflects our commitment, and that of train operators, to put passengers at the heart of everything we do, and will improve journeys and target congestion.” Richard Hunter, Bombardier’s UK managing director, said: “We are thrilled to have won this important contract.
(5) He added in the letter that Bombardier had "significant opportunities" to win more train manufacturing dealsas the government had maintained funding for upgrades to the rail network and the London Underground.
(6) War Debts (extracts) by Lance Bombardier Stephen North You wonder how they miss you to be honest, throwing stuff over the walls.
(7) A day before the stretched Dreamliner flight, Bombardier successfully flew its CSeries jetliner, kicking off a renewed effort to sell the all-new narrow-body plane amid questions about its development cost.
(8) "It flew very well," said Bombardier chief test pilot Chuck Ellis.
(9) Under European Union rules member states are forbidden from showing domestic bias in selecting the winners of government-funded contracts, which exposed the UK government to sharp criticism when the £1.4bn contract for carriages on the London Thameslink route went to Siemens of Germany rather than Bombardier, whose Derby factory is the UK's last remaining train manufacturing plant.
(10) It had used Siemens’ trains for the franchise since privatisation and had placed an order for more of its Desiro trains, in what appeared to be another defeat for Bombardier in a long-running battle with the German industrial group.
(11) However, First announced on winning the franchise that it would return those trains after two years for a new fleet, which has now been ordered from Bombardier.
(12) Captain Johnny Mercer, Fire Support Team Commander D Battery, 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, said: "Lance Bombardier Mark Chandler was in my eyes the perfect soldier.
(13) The picture is not all rosy: the boss of train manufacturer Bombardier reiterated in Berlin that the future of its Derby plant, and 1,600 jobs, could not be guaranteed without new orders.
(14) He lobbied Bombardier not to quit Britain after losing a contract to build new railway rolling stock to Germany's Siemens.
(15) The train had a sleek silver and gold exterior, but the inside was unnervingly familiar: the Electrostar carriages, built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby, are also used by various British operators.
(16) The defensive spray of the bombardier beetle Stenaptinus insignis is ejected in quick pulses (at about 500 pulses per second) rather than as a continuous stream.
(17) He served as a wing bombardier with the rank of lieutenant in the 12th Air Force, and flew 60 combat missions from Corsica.
(18) Its commander was Tibbets, the group bombardier was Ferebee and the unit's function – although only Tibbets then knew it – was to deliver the A-bomb.
(19) Prior to joining Pearson, she worked at chemicals group ICI and engineering firm Bombardier.
(20) A RAAF P3 Orion departed around 9.15am and is now in the search area.A second RAAF P3 Orion departed around 11.15am and an ultra long range Bombardier Global Express jet departed around 11.30am.