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cannonades

cannonades is the plural of cannonade.

Meaning of cannonade

Noun

cannonade (plural cannonades)

  1. The firing of artillery for a length of time.
    • A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
    • Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 11

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Questions about cannonades

What is cannonades the plural of?
Cannonades is the plural of cannonade.

Words near cannonades in the dictionary

  1. cannon-fodder
  2. cannonade
  3. cannonaded
  4. cannonader
  5. cannonaders
  6. cannonades
  7. cannonading
  8. cannonadings
  9. Cannonau
  10. cannonball
  11. cannonball effect

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