noun
- continuous heavy artillery fire
Usage: military
verb
- present participle of cannonade; firing cannons continuously
Usage: military
Examples
- The cannonading lasted for three hours before the infantry advance.
- Enemy forces were cannonading the fortress throughout the night.
- The sound of cannonading echoed across the battlefield.
- Artillery units began cannonading the enemy positions at dawn.
- The relentless cannonading forced the defenders to seek shelter.
- Historical accounts describe the intense cannonading during the siege.