Definition of Cannon fire

1. Noun. Fire delivered by artillery.

Exact synonyms: Artillery Fire
Generic synonyms: Fire, Firing
Specialized synonyms: Cannonade, Drumfire, High-angle Fire, Mortar Fire, Zone Fire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannon Fire

canniness
canninesses
canning
cannings
cannister
cannisters
cannit
cannizzarite
cannoli
cannolis
cannon
cannon-bone
cannon ball
cannon bone
cannon cracker
cannon fire (current term)
cannon fodder
cannon sound
cannon wave
cannonade
cannonaded
cannonades
cannonading
cannonball
cannonball along
cannonball pulse
cannonballed
cannonballing
cannoned

Literary usage of Cannon fire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the San Francisco Disaster and Mount Vesuvius Horror by Charles Eugene Banks, Opie Percival Read (1906)
"... Flames—Government Troops Batter Down Blocks With Cannon—Fire Spreads Remorselessly to Residence Districts Until Almost the Entire City Is Consumed. ..."

2. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"While the cannon's fire is flashing fast, And the bell'wing thunders roar. When Yankee meets the Briton, Whose blood congenial flows, By Heav'n created to ..."

3. How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith by Donald MacDonald (1900)
"... V ISOLATION OF LADYSMITH The wires cut—Heavy cannon fire—Shell on the nerves—Testing the investment—Early casualties—The luck of the garrison— Realities ..."

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