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cannonade

 [kan-uh-neyd]   Origin

can·non·ade

   [kan-uh-neyd] noun, verb, -ad·ed, -ad·ing.
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

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verb (used without object)
4.
to discharge like continuous cannon fire.
Origin:
1645–55; < French canonnade < Italian cannonata, equivalent to cannon(e) cannon + -ata -ade1
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cannonade (ˌkænəˈneɪd)
 
—n
1.  an intense and continuous artillery bombardment
 
—vb
2.  to attack (a target) with cannon

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cannonade
"discharge of artillery," 1650s, from cannon + -ade. As a verb, from 1660s. Cf. Fr. canonnade (16c.), It. cannonata.
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