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
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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
It’s unlikely any previous California governor has faced such a cannonade of calamities — a grand slam of disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
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
The cannonade which had disturbed our labors being at an end, the corporal called to us to continue our binding of chevaux de frise, which labor we undertook again in silence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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
As the object of his cheers cannonaded down the run, Corruzo dashed to the finish line and jumped the fence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lightning burned streaks in the sky, and thunder cannonaded.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The clouds cannonaded, the hailstones poured their volleys, the surf mounted to the assault.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
It was cannonaded at the same time by the armed vessels, and a demonstration was made on it by the division under General Vaughan.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
"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
Wars may come & go, but the cannonading over the question whether there is or is not a U. S. school in art goes on forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief decliners were from Virginia where Bishop James Cannon Jr. had again been cannonading against the Smith-Raskob leadership.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the thick northern fog a terrific cannonading broke out, then the masses of steel moved away.
From Time Magazine Archive
The incessant cannonading convinced him that Scott had a heavy force on his hands; and without waiting the arrival of a messenger, he directed Ripley to move forward with the second brigade.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
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