cannonade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun intense and continuous artillery fire
    drumfire.
  2. verb attack with cannons or artillery

WordNet

Can"non*ade" noun
Etymology
F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.
Definitions
  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.
Can`non*ade" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Cannonade; present participle & verbal noun Cannonading
Definitions
  1. To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Can`non*ade" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Webster 1913