cannonade

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    intense and continuous artillery fire
  • Verb:
    attack with canons or artillery

Word Origin

cannonade (n.)
"discharge of artillery," 1650s, from cannon + -ade. As a verb, from 1660s. Compare French canonnade (16c.), Italian cannonata. Related: Cannonaded; cannonading.

Example

1. I knew they were all drowned by the cannonade .
2. There was a sudden cannonade of artillery .

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