cannonade
noun
[ ˌkanəˈneɪd ]
• a period of continuous heavy gunfire.
• "the French attack began with a cannonade"
Similar:
bombardment,
shelling,
gunfire,
artillery fire,
barrage,
battery,
attack,
pounding,
volley,
salvo,
broadside,
fusillade,
cannonade
verb
• discharge heavy guns continuously.
• "gunboats on the Amur cannonaded during the night"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, from Italian cannonata, from cannone (see cannon).
