Definitions for cannonade

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cannonade can·non·ade

Spelling: [kan-uh-neyd]

IPA: /ˌkæn əˈneɪd/

Cannonade is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 183 anagrams from letters in cannonade (aacdennno).

Definitions for cannonade

noun

1. a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
2. an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage.

verb (used with object)

1. to attack continuously with or as if with cannon.

verb (used without object)

1. to discharge like continuous cannon fire.

Origin of cannonade

1645-55; French canonnade Italian cannonata, equivalent to cannon(e) cannon + -ata -ade¹

Examples for cannonade

Pete's voice in moments of excitement carries like a cannonade.

The cannonade was now furious but the men managed to get some rest.

Suddenly the sound of the cannonade was deadened by a thunderous roar.

All that moonlit night, while the cannonade proceeded, the Americans had been busy.

They followed the cannonade with a cloud of asphyxiating gas.

It seemed to him it must be heard even above the roar of the cannonade.

The men were already veterans, having endured the work and the cannonade.

What served to increase this, was the cannonade at the town.

Where two anvils were to be had, the cannonade was much brisker, as then a plug was not needed.

So let the Tea people keep launching their cannonade, and let the establishment overrate Christie.