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Cannonading

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot
Noun
  1. 1
    A discharge of artillery fire.

    "Deputies waited on the governor of the castle and obtained a respite from the cannonading for a few days ; but a centry of the Pretender's army in the mean time firing at some people who were carrying provisions to the garrison, a sharp attack commenced, which did considerable damage to the buildings, and killed many of the citizens; this induced the Chevalier to take off the blockade of the castle, and the firing was then discontinued."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cannonade form-of, gerund, participle, present

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