Cannonade

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cannonade \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.
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              A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole
              circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott.
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     2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
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              Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.      --Ewerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cannonade}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Cannonading}.]
     To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. i.
     To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cannonade
       n : intense and continuous artillery fire [syn: {drumfire}]
       v : attack with canons or artillery

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "cannonade":
     aim at, air raid, antiaircraft barrage, barrage, blast, blitz,
     blitzkrieg, bomb, bombard, bombardment, boom, booming, box barrage,
     broadside, burst, cannon, cannonry, commence firing,
     creeping barrage, drumfire, emergency barrage, enfilade,
     fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fusillade, growl, grumble, hail,
     lightning attack, lightning war, mortar, mortar barrage,
     normal barrage, open fire, open up on, peal, pepper, pop at, rake,
     roar, roll, rumble, salvo, shell, shoot, shoot at, shower, snipe,
     snipe at, spray, standing barrage, strafe, strafing, take aim at,
     torpedo, volley, zero in on