Related Words for loose cannon

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swivel gun
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Phrase, Noun
castaway
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Noun
wreck
/
Noun
list
/
Noun
wildcat
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Noun
shipwreck
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Noun
broadside
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Noun
launch
/
Noun
cruiser
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Noun
boom
/
Noun
cannonball
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Noun
gunboat
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Noun
battleship
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Noun
screw
/
Noun
sails
/
Noun
carcass
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Noun
pirate
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Noun
crew
/
Noun
breaker
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Noun
cable
/x
Noun
chaser
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Noun
chase
/
Noun
spencer
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Name
roadster
/x
Noun
spring
/
Noun
big gun
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Name, Name
caboose
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Noun
jumper
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Noun
armament
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Noun
sloop
/
Noun
monkey
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Noun
reach
/
Noun
schooner
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Noun
booty
/x
Noun
surge
/
Noun
jaunty
/x
Adjective
slab
/
Noun
leeway
/x
Noun
boatswain
/x
Noun
cant
/
Noun
coat
/
Noun
drifter
/x
Noun
winger
/x
Noun
cradle
/x
Noun
weather bow
/x/
Phrase, Noun
sea anchor
//x
Phrase, Noun
boson
/x
Noun
canvas
/x
Noun
lifeboat
/x
Noun
gun deck
//
Phrase, Noun
junk
/
Noun
hook
/
Noun
harpoon gun
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Phrase, Noun
bumpkin
/x
Noun
nuke
/
Noun
banana boat
x/x/
Phrase, Noun
sailing ship
/x/
Phrase, Noun
flag
/
Noun
tin can
//
Phrase, Noun
flotilla
x/x
Noun
craft
/
Noun
bower
/x
Noun
rocket launcher
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
lee shore
//
Name, Name
breakwater
/xx
Noun
false flag
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
roll
/
Noun
jack
/
Name
porthole
xx
Noun
ack
/
Noun, Verb
adherent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
affixed
x/
Adjective
afro
/x
Name
again
x/
Adverb
aircraft
/x
Noun
antiaircraft
xx/x
Noun, Adjective
approximate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
artillery
x/xx
Noun
at large
//
Phrase, Adverb
at liberty
//xx
Phrase
avalanches
/xxx
Noun
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
babe
/
Noun
baggy
/x
Adjective, Noun
bail out
//
Phrase, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
barrel
/x
Noun, Verb
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
binder
/x
Noun
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
bloodstained
/x
Adjective
blurred
/
Adjective
blurry
/x
Adjective
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bra
/
Noun
breeches
/x
Noun
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
bulk
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bunches
/x
Noun
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
camera
/xx
Noun
canon
/x
Noun, Adjective
canyon
/x
Noun
casual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
charge
/
Noun, Verb
charred
/
Adjective
cigarette
xx/
Noun, Verb
clothes
/
Noun
coarse
/
Adjective
comfortable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
compact
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
connective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cordon
/x
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
coward
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cowardly
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
crackling
/x
Noun, Adjective
crazy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
crumbly
/x
Adjective, Noun
crumpled
/x
Adjective
dangerous
/xx
Adjective
deafening
/xx
Adjective, Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
defender
x/x
Noun
deflection
x/x
Noun
detachable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
detain
x/
Verb
discrete
x/
Adjective
dish
/
Noun, Verb
dislodged
x/
Verb
dispersed
x/
Adjective
dressing
/x
Noun
drop
/
Noun, Verb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
eights
/
Noun
encrusted
x/x
Adjective
escaped
x/
Adjective
escapement
x/x
Noun
expansionary
x/xxx
Adjective
expansionist
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
expansive
x/x
Adjective
fee
/
Noun, Verb
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flak
/
Noun
flesh
/
Noun, Verb
flexible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fodder
/x
Noun, Verb
fold
/
Noun, Verb
fox
/
Noun, Verb
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
freedom
/x
Noun
friable
xxx
Adjective
frigate
/x
Noun
furniture
/xx
Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
generous
/xx
Adjective
gun
/
Noun, Verb
hanging
/x
Adjective, Noun
hazardous
/xx
Adjective
heave
/
Verb, Noun
hissing
/x
Noun, Adjective
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hom
/
Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
howitzer
/xx
Noun, Verb
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
imprecise
/xx
Adjective
individual
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
inexact
xx/
Adjective
informal
x/x
Adjective
insecure
/xx
Adjective
intervals
/xx
Noun
irresponsible
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
knockout
/x
Noun, Adjective
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
lax
/
Adjective, Noun
lenient
/xx
Adjective, Noun
less
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
let loose
//
Phrase, Verb
levy
/x
Noun, Verb
liberal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
liberate
/xx
Verb
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
long tom
//
Phrase, Noun
loosed
/
Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
lose
/
Verb, Noun
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lung
/
Noun
markets
/x
Noun
mauser
/x
Name
meat
/
Noun
mellow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
millimeter
/xxx
Noun
mobile
/x
Adjective, Name
movable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
moveable
/xx
Adjective, Noun
musket
/x
Noun
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
on the loose
/x/
Phrase
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
ordnance
/x
Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
parole
x/
Noun, Verb
permissive
x/x
Adjective
personal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pine
/
Noun, Verb
pistol
/x
Noun, Verb
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
porous
/x
Adjective
pounder
/x
Noun
printer
/x
Noun
projectiles
x/x
Noun
promiscuous
/xx
Adjective
pull
/
Verb, Noun
quiet
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
random
/x
Adjective, Noun
regular
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
relax
x/
Verb
release
x/
Noun, Verb