cannonade
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9.8
- noun
- /ˌkænəˈneɪd/
- Formal
:
bombardeo
- ... the low hills of Lokhvitsa, brooding at nightfall, the steep banks of the river Dnieper, the grumble of distant cannonade.
- thunder of the cannonade
Examples
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Formidable French defences and a powerful cannonade stop him cold.
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The next night, Kotya woke up to the booming of cannonades in the sky.
Fiction book (2001) -
I heard mutters of cannonade rumbling behind broken horizons.
Fiction book (1996) -
Amidst the cannonade roar, ad-libbed shouts from Hawkeye and Heyward convince battle-begrimed soldiers to open the sally port.
Fiction book (1992) -
On festive days, there are fireworks above the Piazza Bolivar so loud that, on one remembered night, their cannonades and arching hiss drowned out an exchange of small-arms fire which left six cadavers.
Fiction book (2002) -
The soldiers braced themselves as the cannonade echoed through the valley for hours.
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During the intense cannonade, the ground shook beneath their feet and smoke filled the air.
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The commanders ordered a relentless cannonade to provide cover for the advancing infantry.
Synonyms
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5.9
Shooting weapons at an enemy or target
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8.3
Firing large guns at an area, often not aimed at a specific target
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6.9
A heavy attack by military guns and cannons on enemy positions
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Loud shots from large guns used in an attack
A long, very loud attack by many heavy guns firing rapidly
A long heavy stream of shots from large guns across a wide area to hit many places
Compounds
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cannonade comes from cannon 'a big gun' and the ending -ade meaning an 'action', so a cannonade is the action itself — a long, heavy attack of cannon fire.