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Definition of Cannonade

Cannonade
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. 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.
Cannonade
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.
Cannonade
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.
Cannonade
Cannonade Can`non*ade", v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Meaning of Cannonade from wikipedia

- Cannonade (May 12, 1971 – August 3, 1993) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the 1974 Kentucky Derby. Owned and bred by...
- The Battle of Valmy, also known as the Cannonade of Valmy, was the first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars that followed...
- could have ensued, but instead it came to the not so famous cannonade of Helchteren. The cannonade itself is however a seldom occurring event in military history...
- 1974 winner Cannonade". Courier-journal.com. 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2016-06-01. "1974". Kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2016-06-01. "Cannonade Captures 100th...
- Watson's squadron forced the blockade in the channel on 23 March, a fierce cannonade ensued with aid from two batteries on the s****. The naval squadron suffered...
- demonstrations are no different in principle from ecclesiastical processions, cannonades and fire to scare off demons. From Jung's perspective, this replacement...
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- prominence after the war. Ewell interpreted his orders as calling only for a cannonade. His 32 guns, along with A. P. Hill's 55 guns, engaged in a two-hour artillery...
- under attack from Bavarian forces in November 1583. It resisted a lengthy cannonade by the attacking army; finally, sappers tunneled into the basalt core...