Definition of "cannonades" [cannonades]

• Plural form of cannonade. (noun)

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• "By nine in the morning the ships were abreast, and roaring cannonades from the English cut the decks of the _Pelican_ to kindling wood and set the masts in flame."
• "           When the man shook me out of my horrific nightmare, I looked all around, uncertain where I was for a minute, and it was then that I realized it was the enormous, harrowing, mechanical breathing sounds emanating from Tommy'sIron Lungthat had been in the background of my nightmare the whole night, while they were setting off cannonades in the dream through my brother's midsection."
• "The cannonades ended at sundown with the British cruisers in retreat."