cannonade
Americannoun
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a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
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an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage.
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of cannonade
1645–55; < French canonnade < Italian cannonata, equivalent to cannon ( e ) cannon + -ata -ade 1
Example Sentences
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But “Structures for Life” brings a cannonade of color to Queens, and it’s one of two opportunities to rediscover Saint Phalle in New York right now.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2021
Last fall, I wrote it was unlikely that any previous California governor had faced such a simultaneous cannonade of calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2018
Before walking in, Charlotte gave a wee royal hand wave to the cannonade of cameras.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
As the object of his cheers cannonaded down the run, Corruzo dashed to the finish line and jumped the fence.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the Garden itself, packed with 20,000 screaming fans, the Stones presented their Pied Piper with a huge birthday cake, then cannonaded him with custard pies that splattered over the front-row customers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lightning burned streaks in the sky, and thunder cannonaded.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The Versaillese cannonaded it while it was protected by the Porte-Maillot.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
Thus the Allied centre remained inactive all day, cannonaded by the Dresden redoubts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
But last week the diplomatic cannonading turned into a full-scale battle.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, as red Roman candles begin to soar and the hooting and cannonading increase, chorus after wobbly chorus of Waltzing Matilda begin to ring across the waters.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the cannonading was over I took the visitor out into the street again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lieutenant Eustace was a great comfort to my mother, and having some one to rely on enabled her to keep her courage up during the terrible ordeal of the cannonading.
From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by John T. Goolrick
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