cannonade
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əˈneɪd 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)
3.
to attack continuously with or as if with cannon
verb (used without object)
4.
to discharge like continuous cannon fire.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an intense and continuous artillery bombardment |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to attack (a target) with cannon |
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Example sentences
Language is powerless to describe the fury of this cannonade.
Failing in this, the enemy opened a heavy cannonade all along the line.
For several hours a heavy cannonade was kept up on both sides, during which both captains were.
It began with a cannonade from the nawab's artillery.
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