cannoned

verb

past tense of cannon
as in cannonaded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoned
  1. barraged
  2. blitzed
  3. bombarded
  4. buffeted
  5. battered
  6. ambushed
  7. bombed
  8. waylaid
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  • 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
Definition of barraged
Verb
  • 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
  • On Sunday, the Rockies blitzed the Royals once again in an 8-1 victory.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of blitzed
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  • Iran has bombarded several of its neighbors’ data centers, and the United States responded by attacking one of Iran’s.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Russia bombarded Ukraine last weekend with one of the largest ballistic-missile barrages of the entire war.
    — Mark Montgomery, Washington Post, 31 July 2026
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • ServiceNow has been buffeted by fears of the ‘SaaSpocalypse,’ or that autonomous AI agents will undercut demand for enterprise software.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Rhodes was left bruised and battered that night but was still the champion.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The National Weather Service has repeatedly warned of dangerous rip currents and elevated surf in recent weeks as multiple southerly swells battered the coastlines of Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of battered
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  • After the match, Charlotte Flair walked out as the Baddies were being ambushed by Stratton and Green.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Reinforcements dispatched to the scene were ambushed en route, damaging an armored personnel carrier before officers fought back, according to the statement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of ambushed
Verb
  • Theatrical revenue dropped 46 percent from the comparable quarter last year as Supergirl and The Bride bombed.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Elsewhere, Israel bombed the Gaza Strip and the Syrian president met in Damascus with the Iraqi Kurdish regional leader over security concerns.
    — Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • Or the family might have simply gotten waylaid by other plans.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • That voyage is soon waylaid, however, when Ulysses' son, Telemachus, is abducted to become a sacrifice to a giant robot Cyclops.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of waylaid
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