cannonadeˈ noun

An attack with heavy artillery

To attack or batter continuously with heavy artillery

cannoneerˈ or cannonierˈ noun

1. A soldier who managed and fired a cannon (historical)
2. An artilleryman

cannˈonry noun

1. An attack or volley of heavy artillery fire
2. Artillery

cannˈonball noun

1. A ball to be shot from a cannon (historical)
2. Something resembling this in appearance, weight or force, eg a fast serve in tennis

intransitive verb

To move rapidly with great force

canˈnonball-tree noun

A S American tree (Couroupita guianensis) with a large woody fruit

cannon bit noun

A smooth round bit (of a bridle)

cannon bone noun

1. A bone below the knee or hock in hoofed mammals, formed by the fusion of the persisting metacarpals or metatarsals
2. (in birds) the tarsometatarsus

cannon fodder noun

Men in a (usu) large army, regarded merely as material to be expended in war

cannˈon-game noun

A form of billiards in which, the table having no pockets, the game consists in making a series of cannons

cannˈon-metal noun

Gun-metal

cannˈon-proof adjective

Able to withstand cannon-shot

cannˈon-shot noun

1. A cannonball
2. The distance to which a cannon will throw a cannonball