Cannonade

Pronunciation: /ˈkænənˈeɪd/

Cannonade (noun)

  1. A loud and continuous sound of gunfire, especially from large guns.

Examples

  • The loud cannonade echoed through the valley.
  • The cannonade echoed through the valley during the battle.

Common collocations: heavy cannonade, sudden cannonade, cannonade the troops, cannonade from afar

Cannonade (verb)

  1. To fire large guns repeatedly and loudly.

Examples

  • They will cannonade the enemy positions at dawn.
  • The soldiers will cannonade the enemy positions.

Synonyms of Cannonade

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Cannonade

  • — A temporary halt to fighting, opposite of cannonade.
  • — Absence of conflict, contrasting with the violence of cannonade.