Cannonade

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Origin

From French canonnade.

Full definition of cannonade

Noun

1. Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
• PrescottA furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.
2. (figurative) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
• EwersonBlue Walden rolls its cannonade.

Verb

1. To discharge artillery fire.