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cannonade

noun as in barrage

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The day ended in clouds of pepper spray, water cannonade and multiple arrests.

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But “Structures for Life” brings a cannonade of color to Queens, and it’s one of two opportunities to rediscover Saint Phalle in New York right now.

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War is beautiful because it combines the gunfire, the cannonades, the cease-fire, the scents, and the stench of putrefaction into a symphony.

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Last fall, I wrote it was unlikely that any previous California governor had faced such a simultaneous cannonade of calamities.

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Rather than a mission of cannonades and bombardments, the visit was described as a way to hold talks “to reaffirm our close relationships” with allies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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