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Cannonade
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What's The Definition Of Cannonade?
[n] intense and continuous artillery fire
[v] attack with canons or artillery Synonyms | Synonyms for Cannonade: drumfire Related Terms | Find terms related to Cannonade: aim at | air raid | antiaircraft barrage | barrage | blast | blitz | blitzkrieg | bomb | bombard | bombardment | boom | booming | box barrage | broadside | burst | cannon | cannonry | commence firing | creeping barrage | drumfire | emergency barrage | enfilade | fire a volley | fire at | fire upon | fusillade | growl | grumble | hail | lightning attack | lightning war | mortar | mortar barrage | normal barrage | open fire | open up on | peal | pepper | pop at | rake | roar | roll | rumble | salvo | shell | shoot | shoot at | shower | snipe | snipe at | spray | standing barrage | strafe | strafing | take aim at | torpedo | volley | zero in on See Also | artillery fire | assail | attack | cannon fire Cannonade In Webster's Dictionary \Can`non*ade"\, n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering
a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some
continuance.
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
\Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cannonade}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cannonading}.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. \Can`non*ade"\, v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. |
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