cannonade
noun/ˌkænəˈneɪd/
/ˌkænəˈneɪd/
- a continuous firing of large gunsWord Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian cannonata, from cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed’, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.
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