cannonade

[ kan-uh-neyd ]
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noun
  1. a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.

  2. an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage.

verb (used with object),can·non·ad·ed, can·non·ad·ing.
  1. to attack continuously with or as if with cannon

verb (used without object),can·non·ad·ed, can·non·ad·ing.
  1. to discharge like continuous cannon fire.

Origin of cannonade

1
1645–55; <French canonnade<Italian cannonata, equivalent to cannon(e) cannon + -ata-ade1

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How to use cannonade in a sentence

  • The cannonade began at seven in the evening, and continued all night and during part of next morning.

    Belgium | George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

British Dictionary definitions for cannonade

cannonade

/ (ˌkænəˈneɪd) /


noun
  1. an intense and continuous artillery bombardment

verb
  1. to attack (a target) with cannon

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