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cannonade noun[ C ] uk /ˌkæn.əˈneɪd/ us /ˌkæn.əˈneɪd/ a period of continuous heavy firing of large guns, especially as part of an attack连续炮轰 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Guns blaster cannon cannonball caught in crossfire cock go off gunpoint gunsmith kick machine gun mortar plug pot salvo semiautomatic shoot shoot someone down shoot up shooter sniper
Both frigates immediately commenced a furious cannonade, which they maintained without intermission for three quarters of an hour, running before the wind under top-gallant-sails, and very near each other. Commodore David D. Porter, with a formidable fleet, bombarded the stronghold from the river, while Grant's kept up a cannonade day and night from the land side. Some of the houses seemed to have been ruined by a cannonade. Still the fort held out against the cannonade of the French. The Germans prefaced their advance by a terrific cannonade. |