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

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