cannonading
Heavy guns firing
Cannonading is the firing of cannons, especially a sustained bombardment: The cannonading continued through the night.
The term evokes military sieges and naval battles where artillery exchanges were prolonged and thunderous.
Figuratively, any loud, repeated barrage may be called a cannonading: a cannonading of criticism from the press.
Sustained artillery attack
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- fusilladeRapid series of shots
broadside · drumfire · battery · pounding · blitz · strafe · carpeting · enfilade
Simultaneous weapons discharge
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- culverinHistorical long-range cannon
grapeshot · canister · battery · broadside · ordnance · field gun · bombard · fusillade
Extremely loud, resounding
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- resoundingEchoing loudly and fully
rumbling · reverberating · echoing · ear-splitting · concussive · report · blast · crash
Encirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- garrisonStationed military force
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
campaign · engagement · assault · onslaught · storming · breach · ramparts · bastion
Severe widespread destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- razingComplete structural demolition
flattening · demolition · shattered · crumbling · ruins · debris · cratered · scarred
shelling
Sustained artillery attack
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
fusillade · broadside · drumfire · battery · pounding · blitz · strafe · carpeting · enfilade · hail
salvo
Simultaneous weapons discharge
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- howitzerShort-barreled artillery piece
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
culverin · grapeshot · canister · battery · broadside · ordnance · field gun · bombard · fusillade · gunpowder
thunderous
Extremely loud, resounding
resounding · rumbling · reverberating · echoing · ear-splitting · concussive · report · blast · crash · din
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- garrisonStationed military force
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
trenches · campaign · engagement · assault · onslaught · storming · breach · ramparts · bastion · redoubt
devastation
Severe widespread destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
razing · flattening · demolition · shattered · crumbling · ruins · debris · cratered · scarred · battered
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