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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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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Kyiv urgently needs more interceptors before winter, when Russia routinely bombards its power grid, but the demands of the Iran war and slow output of the sophisticated interceptors have left Ukraine short and vulnerable.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Data centers are shifting from the training of AI models — a stage that involves bombarding them with data — to a phase known as inference.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombard

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Hmeimin served as a hub for Syrian warplanes that repeatedly bombed anti-Assad opposition groups, killing several civilians and destroying large parts of Syria’s infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities, in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Their meeting came days after Trump threatened to bomb the country over their Strait of Hormuz negotiations with Iran.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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