Dictionary Entry
cannonade
cannonade is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
- 3past tense & past participle
of Cannonade
- 4transitive verb
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
- 5intransitive verb
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
- 6noun
intense and continuous artillery fire
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- 7verb
attack with cannons or artillery
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