bombard vs demean

bombard

noun
  • A bombardon. 

  • A bombardment. 

  • a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls. 

verb
  • To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms. 

  • To attack something or someone by directing objects at them. 

  • To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles. 

  • To continuously send or direct (at someone) 

demean

noun
  • demesne. 

  • resources; means. 

verb
  • To debase; to lower; to degrade. 

  • To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset). 

  • To mortify. 

  • To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. 

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