Meaning of 'bombarded'

[james]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #102 "Retirement Plans", question 6

Consumers are constantly ......... with pleas to buy products that they, 'can't live without.'

(a) bombed
(b) bombarded
(c) bombarding
(d) bombards

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #102 "Retirement Plans", answer 6

Consumers are constantly bombarded with pleas to buy products that they, 'can't live without.'

Correct answer: (b) bombarded

Your answer was: correct
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What is meaning of "bombarded" in this situation ? is it an adjective? Thanks. James

[Mister Micawber]

Here, bombarded is the past participle used as part of the passive verb:

Consumers are bombarded [by advertisements] with pleas...


Bombard = to assail persistently, as with requests; to subject to a continuous flow of questions or information.
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