CANNON Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

cannon

verb

Definition of cannon

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

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The Weather Channel radar shows Lake County getting barraged with rain.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of barrage

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To save the planet, a crew is sent on a mission to give the sun back its shine… by nuking the crap out of it.

— Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The commitment of Sales to Indiana just nuked an entire lifetime of narratives and checked off the one thing that was surprisingly missing from Cignetti's resume.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuke

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Building affordable housing at scale means politicians need to break up with wealthy special interests like the construction accident lawyers who plaster the city and MTA buses with billboards and ads.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026
The prediction market was hardly the only company to plaster its logo on every available surface.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of plaster

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Arriving promptly to her first day of rehearsal, Mona is nearly love-bombed by the Gen Z cast and crew.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Initially arriving from the west, from cities like Hamburg and Berlin that had already been bombed by the Allies, even more refugees poured in from the east in late 1944 and early 1945.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

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