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CANNONADING
Verb
cannonading
present participle of cannonade
Noun
cannonading (plural cannonadings)
A discharge of artillery fire.
[…] the King's Entrance takes place under volleyings and cannonadings.
Source: Wiktionary
CANNONADE
Can"non*ade", n. Etym: [F. Canonnade; cf. It. 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. Prescott.
2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.
Can`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.]
Definition: To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.
Can`non*ade", v. i.
Definition: To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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