01 n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; --…
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The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.“A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm.” — Prescott.
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Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.“Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.” — Ewerson.