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   cannonade

   /ˌkanəˈneɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a period of continuous heavy gunfire: "the French attack began with a cannonade"

   verb

   • 1. discharge heavy guns continuously: "gunboats on the Amur cannonaded during the night"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from Italian cannonata, from cannone (see cannon).

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