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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That’s what the office of state Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, has been working hard to do after a barrage of phone calls from terrified individuals.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Still, despite Trump’s barrage of criticism against the Fed, Bessent is assuring Wall Street that the administration isn’t trying to twist the Fed’s arm, but rather carve out its own approach.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Palestinians who lived there had no homes because their homes were bombed (that is another story for another time).—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2025
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But the most dangerous favor, by far, would be U.S. assistance in bombing Iranian nuclear sites — or even threatening to do so in a new campaign of diplomatic coercion.—
Rosemary Kelanic,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After a slow start to free agency, the Valkyries have made a flurry of moves.—
Joseph Dycus,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The scene between Lipa, 29, and Turner, 34, also sparked a flurry of other reactions from fans.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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When that extreme trend was pointed out to Suzuki, the Cubs hitting infrastructure worked with him to look for moments to be aggressive and attack the first pitch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Government officials and local civil society leaders didn't immediately comment, though Congo's Communications Ministry said the rebels had violated ceasefire agreements and attacked Congolese troops working to avoid urban warfare and violence in Bukavu.—
JUSTIN KABUMBA,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The quick-fire volley of tariffs between the U.S. and China in recent days has heightened global fears of a new trade war between the world's two largest economies.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
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When the miles-long chase reached an end on Bailey Avenue, the three were bracing themselves as Velasquez rammed them with his own truck, then fired a volley of gunshots.—
Robert Salonga,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Join 5 others in the comments View Comments The most highly energetic particles in the universe, cosmic rays bombard Earth from space.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
12 Feb. 2025
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Image After Hamas’s 2023 attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 250 others abducted to Gaza, Israel had bombarded the territory, aiming to decimate the militants.—
Lara Jakes,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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That Arsenal recently battered the reigning – waning – Premier League champions with a scathing 5-1 scoreline is a far more convincing statistic to support the above reasoning.—
Julia Ranney,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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But while Munich had been hoping to hear greater detail on the Trump administrations publicly morphing peace plan for Ukraine, they were battered with a bizarre, post-truth litany of culture-war complaints and a bid to sow serious doubt about electoral integrity across Europe.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Cannonade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonade. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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