Thesaurus: cannonade

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1. n. 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.
2. n. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
3. imp. & p. p. of Cannonade
4. v. t. To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
5. v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
6. n. intense and continuous artillery fire
7. v. attack with cannons or artillery
8. 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. To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
9. To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
10. n:100 n. intense and continuous artillery fire v. attack with cannons or artillery