/kan'euh nayd"/ , n. , v. , cannonaded, cannonading .
n.
1. a continued discharge of cannon, esp. during an attack.
2. an attack, as of invective or censure, suggestive of cannon fire; barrage.
v.t.
3. to attack continuously with or as if with cannon
v.i.
4. to discharge like continuous cannon fire.
[ 1645-55; canonnade cannonata, equiv. to cannon ( e ) CANNON + -ata -ADE 1 ]