·Impf & ·p.p. of Cannonade.
II. Cannonade ·noun Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
III. Cannonade ·vi To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
IV. Cannonade ·vt To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
V. Cannonade ·noun 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.