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Meanings of cannonade in English

Intense and continuous artillery fire.

Synonyms
Examples for "drumfire"
Examples for "drumfire"
1
Even while Frank Sheldon spoke, the artillery of the enemy took on a deeper note until it reached the intensity of drumfire.
Army Boys in the French Trenches; Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with...
2
"A drumfire would be more welcome!"
Men in War
Usage of cannonade in English
1
All the time the continuous cannonade going on sounded in their ears.
The Three Admirals
2
The cries of the sufferers muffled the sound of a formidable cannonade.
The New Book of Martyrs
3
Maguire burnt the suburbs outside the town, and answered the cannonade hotly.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
4
But the cannonade to which the advancing troops were exposed was terrible.
With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader
5
And the dishes reeled upon the table under a cannonade of blows.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 01
6
On a line of about nine miles there was an incessant cannonade.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
7
The cannonade kept on with increasing fury all through the early morning.
Army Boys on the Firing Line; or, Holding Back the German Drive
8
While dressing, the sound of the distant cannonade caught his attentive ear.
Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 181...
9
By this time they are aware of the uselessness of their cannonade.
Ten Great Events in History
10
The rebels pushed buoyantly forward and opened on us a heavy cannonade.
History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantr...
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All he noted was that after the cannonade Kellermann had fallen back.
On Something
12
The square was shooting a fusillade of lightning flashes, a veritable cannonade.
The Torrent (Entre Naranjos)
13
The cannonade resounded over Liege, as if with constant peals of thunder.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
14
After a short cannonade, the archduke also abandoned his position at Cannstadt.
Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
15
The cannonade lasted for some time, our own guns replying at intervals.
A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi / With an Account of the Mutin...
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But since the cannonade is returning, they will be fighting here again.
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