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cannonading
noun as in fire
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In seven hours' cannonading the ship fired eight hundred shot.
“Madame Mandi” lost none of her serenity, but she did not like the cannonading, and covered both ears to shut out the sound.
Before the firing began Colonel Brockenbrough told me that when the cannonading should cease we should make the charge.
The battle began with some cannonading and "shott of arrows," in both of which the Yorkists had rather the advantage.
English ships had been cannonading Montcalm's lines until after nightfall, and seeming to threaten a landing.
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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cannonading, such as: attack, bombardment, bombing, explosion, shelling, and bombarding.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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