Cannonade
Cannonade , noun
[French Canonnade; compare Italian cannanata.]
1.
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.
A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm.
2.
Figuratively; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
Blue Walden rolls its cannonade.
Cannonade , transitive verb
To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Cannonade , intransitive verb
To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.