Cannonade

  • 11cannonade — noun the distant cannonade kept us alert all night Syn: bombardment, shelling, gunfire, artillery fire, barrage, pounding …

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  • 12cannonade — kanonada statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Stiprus, ilgai trunkantis artilerijos šaudymas; daugelio šūvių gausmas. atitikmenys: angl. cannonade rus. канонада …

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  • 13cannonade — n. & v. n. a period of continuous heavy gunfire. v.tr. bombard with a cannonade. Etymology: F f. It. cannonata …

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  • 14cannonade — I. noun Date: 1562 1. a heavy fire of artillery 2. an attack (as with words) likened to artillery fire ; bombardment II. verb ( aded; ading) Date: 1664 transitive verb to attack with or as if with artillery …

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  • 15cannonade — /kan euh nayd /, n., v., cannonaded, cannonading. n. 1. a continued discharge of cannon, esp. during an attack. 2. an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage. v.t. 3. to attack continuously with or as if with cannon …

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  • 16cannonade — 1. noun Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time . 2. verb To discharge artillery fire …

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  • 17cannonade — Synonyms and related words: aim at, air raid, antiaircraft barrage, barrage, blast, blitz, blitzkrieg, bomb, bombard, bombardment, boom, booming, box barrage, broadside, burst, cannon, cannonry, commence firing, creeping barrage, drumfire,… …

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  • 18cannonade — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. barrage, curtain of fire, bombardment; see attack 1 , fire 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To direct a barrage at: barrage, bombard, fusillade, pepper, shower. See ATTACK. II noun A concentrated outpouring, as of… …

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  • 19cannonade — can|non|ade [ˌkænəˈneıd] n a continuous heavy attack by large guns …

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  • 20cannonade — can·non·ade || ‚kænÉ™ neɪd n. artillery fire v. fire artillery …

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