as in barrage
a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once
the director of the sporting event was greeted at the scene with a cannonade of complaints
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Recent Examples of cannonade
Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Artillery cannonade from both sides is heard around the clock.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Fireworks shook the rafters like an incoming cannonade.
—Kate Bachelder Odell, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2022
The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
In general, however, the report was a cap-gun ending to an inquiry whose backers hinted would turn up a cannonade of fraud.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
Watson’s cannonade of wonders and statistics sometimes proceeds in almost carnival mood, leading to arbitrary indulgences.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Since his first day on the job, President Trump has signed a cannonade of executive orders and memoranda targeting policies impacting the environment, health care, infrastructure & more.
—Kevin Corke, Fox News, 14 July 2017
Joseph Tartakovsky, WSJ, 2 July 2018
Noun
The sound of the cannonade continued without any break.
—Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Artillery cannonade from both sides is heard around the clock.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Fireworks shook the rafters like an incoming cannonade.
—Kate Bachelder Odell, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2022
The conclusion of your letter makes my heart throb more than a cannonade.
—CBS News, 9 Aug. 2022
In general, however, the report was a cap-gun ending to an inquiry whose backers hinted would turn up a cannonade of fraud.
—BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
Watson’s cannonade of wonders and statistics sometimes proceeds in almost carnival mood, leading to arbitrary indulgences.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
Since his first day on the job, President Trump has signed a cannonade of executive orders and memoranda targeting policies impacting the environment, health care, infrastructure & more.
—Kevin Corke, Fox News, 14 July 2017
Verb
But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
—Joseph Tartakovsky, WSJ, 2 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannonade
Noun
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Ukraine's air force said in a post to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the country in the latest barrage, of which 747 drones and four missiles were shot down.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.—
Lidia Kelly,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Tidy, good on the ball, defensively tight and can bomb up the left flank, just don’t expect many assists (three in 137 appearances for Lille).—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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No one has bombed North Korea, after all.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The glass-half-full crowd would view such a flurry of transactions as evidence that five teams wanted Ureña enough to sign him.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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In part of a flurry of motions from both sides in the past week, Stines is asking for a judge to release him on bail.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mastantuono, 18, has the characteristics to contribute from a deeper position, but his signing was intended for more attacking areas, as is being seen.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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An elderly Arkansas man is in the hospital after a black bear attacked him in Franklin County on Wednesday.—
Kris Millgate,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sure didn’t look that way at the outset, and Sabalenka used a nifty drop-shot-volley-winner combination to help go up a break and grab a 4-2 lead.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Stamper told jurors Stines fired nine shots in multiple volleys.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The likelihood is that your HNWI customers are time-poor people bombarded with hundreds of requests every day.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The system reportedly relies on a particle accelerator to bombard molten lithium salt with high-energy particles, generating neutrons that, in turn, trigger reactions to produce tritium.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Residents reported heavy bombardments in Zeitoun, Sabra, Tuffah and Shejaia while tanks advanced into Sheikh Radwan, northwest of the city center, crushing homes and setting fires in encampments.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Failing that, to batter you into submission, to convince you that Israel’s power and control is so great that it cannot be faced, and must only be endorsed or endured.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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While cruise line operators are enjoying a surge in popularity after the pandemic badly battered the industry—and Carnival itself reported an all-time high of $25 billion in annual revenue in 2024—investments in AI and other technologies could make travel by ship even more desirable.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Cannonade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonade. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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