'Cannonade' definitions:
Definition of 'cannonade'
(from WordNet)
noun
Intense and continuous artillery fire [syn: cannonade, drumfire]
verb
Attack with cannons or artillery
Definition of 'Cannonade'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. [1913 Webster]
- Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. --Ewerson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cannonade'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cannonade'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cannonade'
From: GCIDE
- Cannonade \Can`non*ade"\, v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cannonade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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