cannonade

cannonade has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• 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; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
• n.. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
• imp. & p. p.. of Cannonade
• v. t.. To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
• v. i.. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
• n.. intense and continuous artillery fire
• v.. attack with cannons or artillery