Examples of 'cannonade' in a sentence
Meaning of "cannonade"
cannonade (noun): A continuous and aggressive attack, named after the sound of cannons firing. This phrase is used in the context of describing a prolonged and intense barrage or assault
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- The firing of artillery for a length of time.
- A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
- To discharge artillery fire upon.
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The cannonade lasted about two hours.
I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade.
Our cannonade was successful on all points.
Then they countered with a devastating cannonade.
A terrific cannonade has been going on all night and is continuing.
Justice will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass.
Cannonade from the front.
All through the morning the cannonade went on.
A cannonade lasting several hours was exchanged with little effect.
But then the enemy recommenced the cannonade.
The cannonade on the sea.
The battle started with cannonade on both sides.
The wreckage included a timber spar and a cannonade.
After three hours of cannonade on either side the battle was still undecided.
The fourth broadside similarly disabled a fourth cannonade.
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I remember the time during a cannonade on the peninsula.
Term used in reference to the first shot of a cannonade.
He heard the cannonade behind him growing louder and more frequent.
Been the mark for the cannonade.
Dying away of the cannonade told that the battle was over.
Enemies that we despised their cannonade.
A continued and brisk cannonade of shot and shell was kept up by day and night.
Cornwallis was shocked to hear gunfire and cannonade in his rear.
A French cannonade lasted until noon when a negotiated armistice of two hours began.
Both armies then endured a cannonade for two hours.
The cannonade started fires in the main fortress and rapidly disabled Russian guns.
Aficionados of twilight cannonade.
Napoleon began the attack with a cannonade by the Guards artillery positioned around Fleurus.
It was heard a loud cannonade.
Holmes was ordered to cannonade retreating Federals near Malvern Hill.
Our ships are in pursuit and justice will be dispensed by cannonade and cutlass.
The English troops were bombarded with a cannonade and a volley of arbalest bolts from the militia.
The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade would.
But when the Russian cannonade rumbles in Berlin.
I had always dreamed of owning a Cannonade.
Cannonade at Valmy.
As for the cannonade.
The Austrians began their operation just before dawn advancing under a furious cannonade.
Admiral yi ended his third naval campaign with a cannonade on the enemy at busanpo.
Enemy return fire grew increasingly weaker as they suffered heavily from the American cannonade.
Five minutes later, the cannonade commenced.
The accompanying Prussian cavalry was dispersed by a violent French cannonade.
That day he heard the cannonade from the Jena-Auerstedt battles.
Heureuse Réunion responded to the cannonade in kind.
Only the cannonade was heard here, which was more audible with each day.
Gonzalo de Córdoba stormed the town at early morning launching a cannonade offensive.
This cannonade continued for three hours, but without any decisive effect.
This was what Enjolras had caught in the intervals of the cannonade and the musketry.
Did you hear that cannonade during the night? Brother.
Hardly any soldiers had embarked when the French appeared and began a cannonade of the beach.
