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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  • 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
  • Korea’s unfunny dictator responded by nuking the studio’s tech apparatus, thus disclosing its financial secrets.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Definition of nuke
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  • The prediction market was hardly the only company to plaster its logo on every available surface.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • No parking signs were plastered on fences across Miami Gardens as residents and authorities worked to keep streets clear.
    — Anna McAllister, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of plaster
Verb
  • Leaders are often bombarded with a constant stream of stress—from economic uncertainty and workplace pressure to information overload from TV or social media—which can leave them trapped in a cycle of anxiety and self-doubt.
    — Simone Lundquist, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The shop was quickly bombarded on Google with one-star reviews with people describing the shop and its inventory as terrible, stupid, shameful, awful and a disgrace.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombard
Verb
  • The attack came a day after Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After the Patriots ended the regular season with the sixth-fewest pressures, New England DC Zak Kuhr blitzed on a staggering 48 percent of dropbacks in the postseason.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of blitz
Verb
  • The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Nagasaki, bombed just three days later, receives only a fraction of that attention.
    — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bomb

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“Cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannon. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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