- cannonade⇄cannonade, noun, verb, -aded,-ading.
- cannonade⇄noun 1. a continued firing of cannon; barrage.
Ex. the crash of the cannonade.
2. (Figurative.) a verbal assault.
Ex. a furious political cannonade. - cannonade⇄v.i. to discharge cannon; fire large guns.
Ex. A Confederate band had struck up a medley of polkas and waltzes in the very midst of the fiercest cannonading (New Yorker). - cannonade⇄v.t. to attack with or as if with cannons; batter with cannon.
Ex. ... throwing shells and cannonading the ships (Robert Beatson). The Dodgers cannonaded five Yankee hurlers with fourteen hits (Newsweek).