cannonaded
Hit with heavy fire
Cannonaded is the past tense of cannonade, meaning to bombard with cannon fire.
The term appears mostly in historical accounts of warfare: The fort was cannonaded for three days before surrendering.
Figuratively, it can describe any sustained barrage: The senator was cannonaded with hostile questions from reporters.
Attacked with heavy fire
- shelledOuter casing removed
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
battery · fortification · ramparts · bombardment · fusillade · salvo · assault · citadel
Attacked in rapid succession
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
- attackedActed aggressively against
- assailedAttacked with force
- batteredDamaged by repeated blows
pummeled · blasted · criticized · lambasted · denounced · overwhelmed · inundated · pelted
bombarded
Attacked with heavy fire
- shelledOuter casing removed
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
siege · battery · fortification · ramparts · bombardment · fusillade · salvo · assault · citadel · bastion
barraged
Attacked in rapid succession
battered · pummeled · blasted · criticized · lambasted · denounced · overwhelmed · inundated · pelted · hammered
Napoleonic
Of the French emperor
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- cavalryMounted military force
infantry · musket · battlefield · rampart · redoubt · parapet · entrenchment · Victorian · colonial · revolutionary
broadside
Fierce written assault
fleet · naval · deck · porthole · man-of-war · galleon · armada · maritime · seaborne · hull
cannonadedcease-fire
Temporary halt to fighting
truce · peace · armistice · surrendered · capitulated