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cannonaded

verb

past tense of cannonade

as in bombed

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

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Hmeimin served as a hub for Syrian warplanes that repeatedly bombed anti-Assad opposition groups, killing several civilians and destroying large parts of Syria’s infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities, in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Targets for violence For example, Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in Birmingham, Alabama, were bombed three times.

— Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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Over billions of years, this wind has bombarded every body in the vicinity of the Sun, including Earth’s Moon.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
The Ojai center was bombarded with intrusive calls, and conspiracy theorists accused the staff of manipulating information to secure donations.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

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