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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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
In the second quarter, with the Dolphins leading 6-3, Johnson blitzed from the nickel cornerback position, bounced off a chip block from a tight end and had an open shot at Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s blind side.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of blitzed

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There’s so much competition, and consumers are bombarded with things.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
Its twenty-two screens, displayed at various angles, bombarded audiences with montages of text, numbers, and images, like a rapid scroll through Instagram Reels.

— Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 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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Famous for viral stunts that often leave him bruised, battered, or, in at least one instance, hospitalized, Peters has faced a slew of legal battles while documenting his physical transformation for his more than 2 million followers.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Officials haven’t determined how the sinkhole was formed, but it was likely caused by the unusually strong Hurricane Marie that battered California in early September.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of battered

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Three planeloads of soldiers from El Salvador landed in Haiti on Friday, days after the Central American nation’s president angrily threatened Haitian gangs that ambushed a group of Salvadoran soldiers over the past weekend who remain missing.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Task Force were returning to their camp Sunday in a white all-terrain Toyota when they were ambushed by heavily armed criminals, according to the Salvadoran military.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambushed

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Looking ahead to the next quarter, things look less rosy for SPE, with The Social Reckoning and Klara and the Sun both already having bombed at the box office.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
In 1998, after Baghdad expelled UN weapons inspectors, the United States and the United Kingdom bombed Iraq.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of bombed

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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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