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(1):
(n.) The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.
(2):
(n.) Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
(3):
(v. i.) To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
(4):
(imp. & p. p.) of Cannonade
(5):
(v. t.) To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.