cannonaded

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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  • The family used to farm and attend church in their hometown of Sake but fled in February when it was bombed.
    Sam Mednick and Ruth Alonga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Israel's military ordered civilians to leave north Gaza even as the area was bombed, and many who have been forcibly displaced multiple times have reportedly refused to leave.
    NBC News, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2024
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  • The now unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season marked by October sales events coincided with unseasonably warm temperatures in San Francisco and other parts of the country, and severe hurricanes that battered North Carolina and Florida.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Widely dismissed after a forgettable first half of the season in which he was beaten and battered, the UCLA quarterback on Saturday afternoon provided one reminder after another of why his coach stuck with him through his struggles.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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  • While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.
    Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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  • Fans bombarded the request lines of the music video countdown program Dial MTV.
    Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Like many voters, he has been bombarded with advertisements, including through the mail.
    Sarah Atwood, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Cannonaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonaded. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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