CANNON FIRE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Fire delivered by artillery

Synonyms:

artillery fire; cannon fire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cannon fire" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cannon fire"):

cannonade; drumfire (intense and continuous artillery fire)

high-angle fire (fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range)

mortar fire (artillery fire delivered by a mortar)

zone fire (artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations)