cannonade

noun

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can·non·ade | \ ˌka-nə-ˈnād

Definition of cannonade

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a heavy fire of artillery

2 : an attack (as with words) likened to artillery fire : bombardment The president's decision was attacked with a cannonade of criticism.

cannonade

verb

cannonaded; cannonading

Definition of cannonade (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to attack with or as if with artillery

intransitive verb

: to deliver artillery fire

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Examples of cannonade in a Sentence

Noun The French directed a cannonade at the British for three hours. the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints Verb the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In general, however, the report was a cap-gun ending to an inquiry whose backers hinted would turn up a cannonade of fraud. — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021 Watson’s cannonade of wonders and statistics sometimes proceeds in almost carnival mood, leading to arbitrary indulgences. — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020 Since his first day on the job, President Trump has signed a cannonade of executive orders and memoranda targeting policies impacting the environment, health care, infrastructure & more. — Kevin Corke, Fox News, 14 July 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery. — Joseph Tartakovsky, WSJ, 2 July 2018

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