[kan-uh-neyd] 
noun, verb, -ad⋅ed, -ad⋅ing.| 1. | a continued discharge of cannon, esp. during an attack. |
| 2. | an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage. |
| 3. | to attack continuously with or as if with cannon |
| 4. | to discharge like continuous cannon fire. |
| can·non·ade (kān'ə-nād') v. can·non·ad·ed, can·non·ad·ing, can·non·ades v. tr. To assault with heavy artillery fire. v. intr. To deliver heavy artillery fire. n.
[From French canonade, discharge of artillery, from Italian cannonata, from cannone, cannon, from Old Italian; see cannon.] |
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