Cannonade
/ˌkænəˈneɪd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 intense and continuous artillery fire wordnet
- 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 To discharge artillery fire upon.
- 2 attack with cannons or artillery wordnet
Example
More examples"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.