cannonade
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 9
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Definition of cannonade
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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The firing of artillery for a length of time.
“A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.”
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noun
-
The firing of artillery for a length of time.
“A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted town.”
-
(figuratively)A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.
“Not for a regiment's parade, / Nor evil laws or rulers made, / Blue Walden rolls its cannonade, […]”
verb
- To discharge artillery fire upon.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French canonnade, a modification of Italian cannonata replacing the suffix -ata with equivalent -ade; by surface analysis, cannon + -ade.
Words you can make from cannonade
94 playable · top: CANNONED (11 pts)
Best play cannoned 11 points8-letter words
1 word6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
28 words- ACED 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CODA 7 pts
- CODE 7 pts
- COED 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DECO 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CONE 6 pts
- CONN 6 pts
- ONCE 6 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DONA 5 pts
- DONE 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- NODE 5 pts
- ODEA 5 pts
- AEON 4 pts
- ANNA 4 pts
- ANOA 4 pts
- ANON 4 pts
- NAAN 4 pts
- NANA 4 pts
- NANO 4 pts
- NEON 4 pts
- NONA 4 pts
- NONE 4 pts
3-letter words
24 words2-letter words
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