CANNONED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

cannoned

verb

past tense of cannon

as in cannonaded

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Verb

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

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

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Evero blitzed more than almost any defensive coordinator in football, so Wash’s philosophy on how many extra rushers to send will be a key component of Sunday’s game.

— Sam Jane, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Some players are new to being on a team with guards who get blitzed nearly every play, Reaves said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of blitzed

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The ground offensive began with an impressive display of firepower on November 5; British and French aircraft bombarded Egyptian defenses as paratroopers dropped in near Port Said.

— David Averre, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026
There’s so much competition, and consumers are bombarded with things.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of bombarded

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From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
When an area on the ground is hit by the eyewall, it will be buffeted by intense winds, then get a break before being slammed by the other side of the eye in a second round of the storm's strongest winds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of buffeted

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Shares have been battered on concerns that artificial intelligence companies — including CoreWeave — were borrowing too much money for their build-outs.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Many Peruvians are also battered by rising insecurity and the increasing cost of food.

— Luis Andres Henao, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of battered

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The vote took place almost three months to the day after four police officers in their squad cars wrongfully ambushed my wife and me after using Flock cameras to track us for days.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 4 Nov. 2026
The men were returning to camp from a visit to a supermarket when they were ambushed by armed gang members east of Port-au-Prince.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of ambushed

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Tents flood, cliffs collapse onto children, and hospitals are bombed with people inside.

— Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
Decades of riffing onstage had conditioned her not to dwell on whether a performance had bombed, but what about a rant as a tour guide?

— Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

With all that swirling around them, the presidential motorcade meant to bring Kate, Hal, Grace, and Todd back to Air Force One gets waylaid by protesters blocking the entrance to Heathrow airport.

— Adam B. Vary, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026
In the film Rap World (which Bensinger also edited), Bensinger, O’Malley, and Rahill play suburban deadbeats eager to make an album, each man waylaid by his own hubris and distractions.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of waylaid

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