CANNON FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannon fire mean? 

• CANNON FIRE (noun)
  The noun CANNON FIRE has 1 sense:

1. fire delivered by artillery

  Familiarity information: CANNON FIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNON FIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fire delivered by artillery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

artillery fire; cannon fire

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)

 Context examples 

This stellar "cannon fire" has continued once every 8.5 years for at least the past 400 years, astronomers estimate.

(Hubble Detects Giant 'Cannonballs' Shooting from Star, NASA)