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- [kan-uh-neyd]
- /ˌkæn əˈneɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kan-uh-neyd]
- /ˌkæn əˈneɪd/
Definitions of cannonading word
- noun cannonading a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack. 1
- noun cannonading an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage. 1
- verb with object cannonading to attack continuously with or as if with cannon. 1
- verb without object cannonading to discharge like continuous cannon fire. 1
- noun cannonading Present participle of cannonade. 1
- noun cannonading A discharge of artillery fire. 0
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Origin of cannonading
First appearance:
before 1645 One of the 44% oldest English words
1645-55; < French canonnade < Italian cannonata, equivalent to cannon(e) cannon + -ata -ade1
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Parts of speech for Cannonading
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cannonading popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cannonading
noun cannonading
- bombardment — A bombardment is a strong and continuous attack of gunfire or bombing.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- salvo — a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs, etc.
- cannonade — A cannonade is an intense continuous attack of gunfire.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
verb cannonading
- wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- raid — a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- bombard — If you bombard someone with something, you make them face a great deal of it. For example, if you bombard them with questions or criticism, you keep asking them a lot of questions or you keep criticizing them.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
Antonyms for cannonading
noun cannonading
- apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- dullness — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- spiritless — without spirit.
verb cannonading
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- build — If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
- do well — be successful
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