cannonade in English

noun
1
a period of continuous, heavy gunfire.
A desultory cannonade began at about 14.00, and as it seemed likely that there would be no battle that day Newcastle retired to his coach.
verb
1
discharge heavy guns continuously.
the daily cannonading continued

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1. It was the last of the cannonade.

2. Their cannonade, although impressive, was quite ineffective.

3. On the fifteenth of July began the cannonade.

4. I knew they were all drowned by the cannonade.

5. Our ships are in pursuit. Justice will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass...

6. You have searched the French word Canonnade meaning in English Cannonade

7. This was what Enjolras had caught in the intervals of the cannonade and the musketry.

8. However, their chirrupings will be stilled before long by the thunder of the cannonade.

9. If there is a cannonade, an explosion, you will be the first to experience it.

10. The position was now subjected to a heavy cannonade, and a combination attack followed. Sentencedict.com

11. A deceitful day that makes one think of lilacs and daffodils, before blasting you with another cannonade of winter.

12. The Manchus arrived on July 18, 1686, and began a tight siege and a steady cannonade.

13. There are many synonyms of Barraged which include Assail, Barrage, Batter, Beset, Besiege, Blast, Blitz, Bomb, Cannonade, Catapult, Harass, Hound, Launch, …

14. Canonnade (cannonade in D major) is one of the most famous compositions by Claude Balbastre, surely one of the most characteristic of the composer

15. Our ships are in pursuit, and justice will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass, and all manner of remorseless pieces of metal.

16. 29 A deceitful day that makes one think of lilacs and daffodils, before blasting you with another cannonade of winter.

17. Two months later, Wickes' guns once more joined in a cannonade against Japanese facilities on Paramushiro and at Matsuwa, on 26 May and 13 June, respectively.