cannon

verb

Definition of cannonnext
as in to barrage

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Recent Examples of cannon After nabbing possession from Mendy, his shot cannoned back off the near post. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cannon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannon
  1. barrage
  2. cannonade
  3. nuke
  4. plaster
  5. bombard
  6. blitz
  7. bomb
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  • April is financial literacy month, which means consumers will be barraged with articles and programs designed to promote personal finance education.
    — Leah Locke, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of barrage
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  • But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
    — Joseph Tartakovsky, WSJ, 2 July 2018
Definition of cannonade
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  • Iran wants it as a deterrent to being nuked.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 21 June 2026
  • And more recently, Cornyn was among many Republicans reluctant to nuke the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold to pass the Save America Act to impose nationwide voter ID laws.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 27 May 2026
Definition of nuke
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  • To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.
    — Leonard Greene, Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2025
  • In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2025
Definition of plaster
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  • Plus, we voters wouldn’t be bombarded with political ads until November.
    — Paul Haughey, Mercury News, 27 June 2026
  • Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to coax chatbots into regurgitating Kremlin talking points, according to senior European officials, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections about how to respond to the growing attempt to silently manipulate voters.
    — Jared Perlo, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Definition of bombard
Verb
  • Instead of mixing the margarita in a cocktail shaker, simply add the ingredients to a blender to blitz them into a dilution-free watermelon-tequila cocktail that’s wildly refreshing.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026
  • After nearly being no-hit during Thursday’s 13-2 loss to the Rays in a series finale in Tampa Bay, the Royals were blitzed by the White Sox at Rate Field.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
Definition of blitz
Verb
  • The two of them teamed up to bomb Iran in a war that, by all accounts, has been a dismal failure.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 6 July 2026
  • Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
    — Gleb Garanich, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of bomb

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“Cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannon. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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