bombard oor Afrikaans

bombard

werkwoord, naamwoord

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

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“Every day we are bombarded with one persuasive communication after another,” point out researchers Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson.
“Elke dag word ons met die een oorredende boodskap na die ander gebombardeer”, sê die navorsers Anthony Pratkanis en Elliot Aronson.

Arriving too late —our convoy had been bombarded by airplanes— we missed what turned out to be a voyage to disaster, as few survived the sinking of that ship.
Ons het te laat daar aangekom—ons konvooi is deur vliegtuie gebombardeer—en het ’n rampspoedige seereis gemis, aangesien min die sinking van daardie skip oorleef het.

2 In or out of school, you are bombarded by the contaminating influences of premarital sex, obscene language, tobacco, and abuse of drugs.
2 Of jy by die skool is of nie, jy word met die verderflike invloede van voorhuwelikse seks, vuil taal, tabak en dwelmmisbruik gebombardeer.

I bombarded Judy with questions, and she answered every one from the Bible.
Ek het Judy met vrae bestook, en sy het elkeen uit die Bybel beantwoord.

Every day, we are bombarded with countless suggestions and temptations to do wrong.
Ons word elke dag gebombardeer met tallose voorstelle en versoekings om verkeerde dinge te doen.

“During the heavy bombardment, we sat with neighbors on the stairs, since that is the safest place during shelling.
“Ons het tydens die hewige bombardement saam met van ons bure op die trap gesit, aangesien dit die veiligste plek tydens hierdie aanvalle is.

Further running away was useless, for his father had decided to bombard him.
Verder weg te hardloop was nutteloos, want sy pa het besluit om hom te bombardeer.

Yet our atmosphere is being bombarded by many other pollutants.
Maar ons atmosfeer word met baie ander besoedelstowwe gebombardeer.

Today, we are bombarded with persuasive voices: movie stars peddling cosmetics, politicians promoting policies, salesmen pushing products, clergymen expounding doctrine.
Vandag word ons met oortuigende stemme gebombardeer: rolprentsterre wat skoonheidsmiddels aanbeveel, politici wat beleidsrigtinge bevorder, verkoopsagente wat vir produkte reklame maak, geestelikes wat leerstellings verklaar.

The man took them to his chief officer, making accusations and bombarding them with questions.
Die man het hulle na sy bevelvoerder toe geneem, waar hy aantygings gemaak en hulle met vrae bestook het.

Just before liberation, this brother narrowly escaped death during the bombardment of the camp where he was being held.
Net voordat hy bevry is, het hierdie broer naelskraap aan die dood ontkom toe die kamp waar hy aangehou is, gebombardeer is.

During much of that time, she is bombarded with images of glamorous women with “perfect” bodies.
Gedurende ’n groot deel van daardie tyd word sy met beelde van pragtige vroue met “volmaakte” liggame gebombardeer.

On a daily basis, news reports bombard us with grim reminders that human society is sinking into a quagmire of perplexing problems—and this despite remarkable achievements in science and technology.
Ons word daagliks toegegooi onder nuusberigte wat ons herinner aan die wrede werklikheid dat die mensegemeenskap in ’n moeras van komplekse probleme wegsink—en dit ondanks indrukwekkende prestasies in die wetenskap en die tegnologie.

This is hardly surprising, since those living in Western lands may be bombarded by as many as 3,000 marketing messages a day.
Dit is nie juis verbasend nie, aangesien diegene wat in Westerse lande woon met tot 3 000 advertensies per dag gebombardeer kan word.

“Kids . . . are bombarded with gambling advertising everywhere.
“Kinders . . . word oral met dobbeladvertensies gebombardeer.

Why are families today bombarded with such serious problems?
Waarom word gesinne vandag deur sulke ernstige probleme geteister?

Sexually explicit songs, immoral television programs, pornographic movies and literature, and peer pressure constantly bombard Christian youths.
Christenjeugdiges word voortdurend deur seksueel eksplisiete liedjies, onsedelike TV-programme, pornografiese rolprente en lektuur, en portuurdwang gebombardeer.

Since her death on Sept. 5, people have bombarded the Vatican with requests to have her formally declared a saint.
Sedert haar dood op 5 Sept. het mense die Vatikaan oorval met versoeke om haar amptelik as ’n heilige te verklaar.

Most of us are bombarded with information every day.
Die meeste van ons word elke dag met inligting gebombardeer.

(Psalm 72:16; Isaiah 25:6; 65:17-25) Never again will people, and the earth, be bombarded by millions of explosive devices.
Nooit weer sal mense, en die aarde, deur miljoene ploftoestelle gebombardeer word nie.

Yes, as a teenager, you are bombarded with encouragement from the media to think about the opposite sex.
Ja, die media bombardeer jou as tienderjarige met aanmoediging om oor die ander geslag te dink.

In a number of countries, men and women are bombarded from childhood with destructive messages and misinformation about sex, through the media, the family, and their peers.
In ’n aantal lande word mans en vroue van hulle kinderjare af deur die media, die gesin en hulle portuurs met vernietigende boodskappe en die verkeerde inligting oor seks gebombardeer.

4 The world’s media daily bombard us with a list of injustices.
4 Die wêreld se media bombardeer ons daagliks met ’n hele rits onregte.

I invited them in and bombarded them with questions and received satisfying answers from the Bible.
Ek het hulle ingenooi en met vrae bestook en bevredigende antwoorde uit die Bybel gekry.

When Da Gama returned to India as head of the third expedition, he retaliated, bombarding Calicut from his well-armed fleet of 14 ships.
Toe Da Gama as hoof van die derde ekspedisie na Indië teruggekeer het, het hy wraak geneem en Kalikoet van sy goed bewapende vloot van 14 skepe af gebombardeer.