CANNONADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannonade mean? 

• CANNONADE (noun)
  The noun CANNONADE has 1 sense:

1. intense and continuous artillery fire

  Familiarity information: CANNONADE used as a noun is very rare.

• CANNONADE (verb)
  The verb CANNONADE has 1 sense:

1. attack with cannons or artillery

  Familiarity information: CANNONADE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNONADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Intense and continuous artillery fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cannonade; drumfire

Hypernyms ("cannonade" is a kind of...):

artillery fire; cannon fire (fire delivered by artillery)

Derivation:

cannonade (attack with cannons or artillery)

• CANNONADE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attack with cannons or artillery

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "cannonade" is one way to...):

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

cannonade (intense and continuous artillery fire)

 Context examples 

It was the last of the cannonade.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

For it was not only a piece of stout, seamanly, good feeling; it was good policy besides and showed our enemies that we despised their cannonade.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)