Meaning of CANNONADE
| Pronunciation: | | `kanu'neyd
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- [n] intense and continuous artillery fire
- [v] attack with canons or artillery
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| | Synonyms: | | drumfire |
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| | See Also: | | artillery fire, assail, attack, cannon fire | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Can`non*ade"\, n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]
1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell,
etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering
a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some
continuance.
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson.
\Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cannonade}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cannonading}.]
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
\Can`non*ade"\, v. i.
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
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