cannonading

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"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2012

But last week the diplomatic cannonading turned into a full-scale battle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cut off by the German cannonading, the Americans began to run short of ammunition, water, food.

From Time Magazine Archive

The significance: no more cannonading clatter on skyscraper frames outside the sleepy urbanite's window; arc welding, where girder steel is melted into a joint by powerful electric current, is silent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Being in such close range, the cannonading on both sides was terrific.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler