cannoned

Definition of cannonednext
past tense of cannon
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Verb
  • 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
  • Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Not after Minnesota was blitzed thrice by the Spurs over the last few weeks.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
  • By then, the car was covered in snow, the windshield blitzed in white, yet, inside this igloo, the man was at ease.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • There, she was bombarded with hugs and high fives from the young students.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Russia’s biggest attacks since its full-scale invasion The Ukrainian cities of Kremenchuk, Bila Tserkva, Kharkiv, Sumy and Odesa also were bombarded, officials said.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • On the Mall, the wide avenue leading to the palace, a sudden downpour and a bitter wind buffeted a scant line of crowds, huddled under umbrellas against the barriers lining the iconic red roadway.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 13 May 2026
  • From player fights to bizarre news conferences, arguably the world’s biggest soccer team has been buffeted from one attention-grabbing revelation to another.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • But a slowing economy and crisis-battered housing market could upend that.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
  • The movie industry was battered by the pandemic and increasing competition from the small screen.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • When their convoy is brutally ambushed, they are left handcuffed together and, on the run, forcing her to put her life in his hands.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026
  • Minnesotans whose names were also inscribed at the memorial and who are being recognized this week are Anoka County Sheriff’s Detention Deputy Richard Legler, who was ambushed nearly 40 years ago, and Red Lake tribal police officer Jesse Branch.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Most of the miniseries outside of a few have bombed.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • The battleship, now a military cemetery reachable only by boat, has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank it in 1941.
    Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • Ruff said on Sunday after the Sabres waylaid the Bruins 6-1 in Boston.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Padres have gotten promising results from two reclamation projects in Walker Buehler and Germán Márquez, veterans who used to lead pitching staffs before Tommy John surgery waylaid them the past couple seasons.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Cannoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoned. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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