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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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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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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Russia last week banned diesel exports after Ukrainian drones continued to bombard Russian refineries.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Ukraine continues strikes against Russian oil sites Elsewhere, a Ukrainian attack in southwestern Russia killed one person and wounded three more, local officials said Sunday, as Kyiv’s forces continued to bombard Russia’s oil facilities.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of bombard

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Part of what makes these fire zone blitzes and simulated pressures so effective is Graham’s use of 7-man pressures.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 15 July 2026
In the simplest of iterations, all the sauce ingredients can be combined in a food processor and blitzed until smooth.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 14 July 2026

Definition of blitz

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Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
The administration has since tried to bomb its way out of this war, but without the ability to hold territory, the United States is now merely depleting its stocks of expensive ordnance to little strategic effect.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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