cannonading

present participle of cannonade
as in bombing
to use bombs or artillery against the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night

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Verb
  • Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and a market in the country's east.
    NPR, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • For months, Israel has conducted a campaign of airstrikes across Syria, repeatedly bombing Syrian military positions, including near the presidential palace in Damascus.
    Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, Mahmoud Sharkawy, who has been displaced from Gaza City, said there was intense artillery shelling in the early hours of the morning.
    Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The company, which began in 1935, has been shelling pecans for travelers ever since.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • While South End residents and retailers described how shoplifting is battering their neighborhood, Michael Nichols, president of the Downtown Boston Alliance and a member of the Safe Shopping Initiative, painted a different picture in the city’s core.
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • More than half of New Jersey's coastline is still at risk of major flooding, the most severe classification through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), amid a vicious coastal storm battering the East Coast.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Cannonading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonading. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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