Cannonade

//ˌkænəˈneɪd// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The firing of artillery for a length of time.

    "A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town."

  2. 2
    intense and continuous artillery fire wordnet
  3. 3
    A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. figuratively

    "Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To discharge artillery fire upon.
  2. 2
    attack with cannons or artillery wordnet

Synonyms

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aim atair raidantiaircraft barragebarrageblastblitz

Example

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"A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.

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