CANNONADE Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˌka-nə-ˈnād

Definition of cannonade

as in barrage

a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints

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cannonade

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verb

as in to bomb

to use bombs or artillery against the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night

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Recent Examples of cannonade

Noun

Artillery cannonade from both sides is heard around the clock. — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023 The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade. — CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022 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

Verb

But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery. — Joseph Tartakovsky, WSJ, 2 July 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannonade

Noun

The circumstances are objectively potent — but Udofia smothers them in such a barrage of cutesiness and self-conscious signalling that a wall rises between us and the play.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
That, on top of a barrage of press from its cast (including, perhaps most notably, bonafide internet boyfriend Jack Innanen) seems to have worked.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of barrage

Verb

But few could have anticipated just how badly the film would bomb.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2026
The Associated Press LONDON -- Two Iranian men conducted surveillance of a Manchester synagogue that was the site of a deadly attack a year ago as part of a plot to bomb it this year, a prosecutor said Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of bomb

Noun

The turns came in a flurry as each of Green, Levine, and Clarkson had two spots to fill, and Latifah had one to give.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
This bold flurry is a stark contrast with Democratic leaders, who would like to start really shaping their agenda … after the midterm elections.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of flurry

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The recent success of a late-stage mRNA cancer vaccine, showing the drug stopped the return of melanoma, has boosted hopes that the approach can be successfully harnessed to attack other cancers.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
In Ohio, Husted has been repeatedly attacked for his role in attracting data centers to Ohio as lieutenant governor.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of attack

Noun

If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of volley

Verb

Along with the rockets and spacecraft that transport them into orbit, satellites are constantly bombarded with fast moving particles that travel through space called cosmic rays.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026
For months before today’s launch, Google has been anticipating those problems on Earth, shaking spacecraft to simulate the launch and bombarding its chips with proton beams to test their response to radiation.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombard

Noun

Its armed forces have proved capable of continuing to damage American military bases despite coming under heavy bombardment.

— Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Libkos | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia has continued a bombardment on Ukraine’s data centers and communications infrastructure as part of a fresh wave of attacks on the country’s capital.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

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