cannonades 1 of 2

plural of cannonade

cannonades

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cannonade
as in bombs
to use bombs or artillery against the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night

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Noun
  • Number of the day 600 That’s roughly how many drones and missiles Russia fired at targets across Ukraine on Sunday morning in one of the largest barrages of the war.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Having friends secures Israel’s place in the region and the world, as the remarkable coordinated response to Iranian missile barrages should’ve made clear.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.
    Jennifer Breheny Wallace, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ali was scoring plenty with jabs and flurries, but his attempts to land big punches mostly fell flat.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Thin air and unpredictable wind flurries near Everest’s highest elevations prevent the drones from operating at some of the final camps leading to the summit.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Though the two actors have a kind of slacker ease in the nonsensical volleys, this lower temperature approach too often misses the work’s humor, horror and emotional resonance.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • French broadcasters also reported sporadic clashes in the cities of Nantes, in the west, and Lyon in the southeast, with volleys of police tear gas and projectiles targeting officers.
    Dan Gooding Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of miles from the front lines, the vibrant western city has largely escaped the near nightly bombardments in areas like Kyiv and the front lines.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • What To Know Russia has been accused of testing NATO by breaching its airspace during its drone bombardments of Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Cannonades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonades. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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