cannonade

Definitions

1. 1.Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.
2. 2.To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
3. 3.To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson called?
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• What is to discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day called?