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bombardate

Bombardate is the second-person plural present indicative and the imperative form of the Italian verb bombardare, meaning to bombard. The verb bombardare is transitive and used for both literal bombardment and figurative pressure.

Conjugation notes: present tense forms include io bombardo, tu bombardi, lui/lei bombarda, noi bombardiamo, voi bombardate,

Usage and nuance: literal usage describes artillery or bombardments of a location. Figurative usage extends to

Examples:

- Le forze nemiche bombardano la città. (The enemy forces are bombarding the city.)

- I giornalisti bombardano i politici di domande. (The journalists bombard the politicians with questions.)

- Bombardate la zona con il fuoco di sbarramento. (Bombard the area with smoke or with a barrage—imperative

See also: bombardamento, bombardare, and related terms for discussions of bombardment in military history and metaphorical

loro
bombardano.
The
form
bombardate
serves
as
the
present
indicative
for
voi
and
as
the
imperative
form
to
command
a
group:
Bombardate!
situations
where
a
person
or
group
is
overwhelmed
with
requests,
questions,
or
pressure,
as
in
journalism,
politics,
or
marketing.
The
term
can
appear
in
both
historical
descriptions
of
warfare
and
contemporary,
metaphorical
contexts.
usage.)
language.