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cannonade

Noun CEFR B2
ˌkænəˈneɪd

Definitions

  1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.
  2. A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Españolcañoneo
Françaiscanonnade
DeutschKanonade
10 more languages
Българскиканонада
Češtinadělostřelba
Suomitykinjysketykistökeskitys
Íslenskastórskotahríð
Italianocannoneggiamento
日本語砲撃
Polskikanonadaostrzał
Русскийканонада
Svenskakanonad
Українськаканонада

Examples

“A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.”
“Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cannonader cannonading Cannonau Cannonball cannonball effect cannonball fungus

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