cannonade

¹can·non·ade

noun \ˌka-nə-ˈnād\

Definition of CANNONADE

1

: a heavy fire of artillery

2

: an attack (as with words) likened to artillery fire : bombardment

Examples of CANNONADE

1. The French directed a cannonade at the British for three hours.
2. <the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints>

First Known Use of CANNONADE

1562

Related to CANNONADE

Synonyms: blitz, blitzkrieg, bombardment, barrage, drumbeat, drumfire, flurry, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley

Related Words: broadside, earful; avalanche, burst, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, discharge, engulfment, flood, flood tide, flush, gush, inundation, outburst, outflow, outpouring, overflow, rash, spate, surge, torrent; current, river, stream, tide; excess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms: dribble, drip, trickle

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Rhymes with CANNONADE

accolade, Adelaide, ambuscade, aquacade, balustrade, barricade, cable-laid, carronade, cavalcade, centigrade, chambermaid, chiffonade, colonnade, countertrade, custom-made, dairymaid, defilade, enfilade, escalade, escapade, esplanade, everglade, foreign aid, fusillade, gallopade, gasconade, grant-in-aid, hawser-laid, hearing aid, intergrade, legal aid, lemonade, marinade, marmalade, masquerade, meter maid, motorcade, orangeade, orthograde, overtrade, palisade, panty raid, pasquinade, plantigrade, promenade, ready-made, renegade, retrograde, serenade, stock-in-trade, tailor-made, underlaid, visual aid