can|non|ade

can|non|ade
can|non|ade «KAN uh NAYD», noun, verb, -ad|ed, -ad|ing.
–n.
1. a continued firing of cannon; barrage: »

the crash of the cannonade.

2. Figurative. a verbal assault: »

a furious political cannonade.

–v.t.
to attack with or as if with cannons; batter with cannon: »

... throwing shells and cannonading the ships (Robert Beatson). The Dodgers cannonaded five Yankee hurlers with fourteen hits (Newsweek).

–v.i.
to discharge cannon; fire large guns: »

A Confederate band had struck up a medley of polkas and waltzes in the very midst of the fiercest cannonading (New Yorker).

╂[< French cannonade < canon cannon]

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