cannonade vs pepper

cannonade

noun
  • A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming. 

  • The firing of artillery for a length of time. 

verb
  • To discharge artillery fire upon. 

pepper

noun
  • A beating; a thrashing. 

  • A bell pepper, a fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in very spicy and mild varieties. 

  • A randomly-generated value that is added to another value (such as a password) prior to hashing. Unlike a salt, a new one is generated for each value and it is held separately from the value. 

  • A plant of the family Piperaceae. 

  • A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again 

  • A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant. 

verb
  • To beat or thrash. 

  • To strike with something made up of small particles. 

  • To add (something) at frequent intervals. 

  • To add pepper to. 

  • To cover with lots of (something made up of small things). 

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