cannonaded

Definition of cannonadednext
past tense of cannonade
as in bombed
to use bombs or artillery against the artillery cannonaded the enemy encampment all night

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  • Imagine being a parent of one of the one hundred and seventy-five girls who died when their school was bombed.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
  • That put out of business one of the country’s largest Klan organizations, the same group that bombed Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, killing four Black girls.
    Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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  • In Manatee County, where leaders had hoped to adapt their comprehensive plan to guard against the storms that have battered the coast year after year, the same Legislature has declared that strengthening it is unlawful.
    Haley Busch, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Same with Disney, Comcast; a lot of these companies are getting battered.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
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  • When the newlyweds arrive home, they are attacked by Naz and his henchman (played by Matt Willig).
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 27 Apr. 2026
  • On Friday, April 24, cattle breeder Santiago Barrero San Román was attacked by the bull at the San Marcos Festival in the remote southern Spanish town of Beas de Segura, according to El País, ABC and La Razón.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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  • The reason the research team believes Ryugu was bombarded by micrometeorites is due to a fine layer of sodium, just 10 nanometers thick, on the surface of the asteroid's fragments.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In the fight over solar development, Heath said he was bombarded by just about every argument from critics — including claims that solar fields are a health hazard.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
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  • The Yankees also sent righty starting pitcher Luis Gil to Triple A on Sunday after the Astros shelled him for six runs in four innings.
    Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The Orioles crushed the Red Sox pitching staff for six home runs, five of those coming off starting pitcher Brayan Bello, who got shelled for eight runs over 3 1/3 innings in the worst start of his career.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Cannonaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonaded. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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