cannoned

Definition of cannonednext
past tense of cannon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoned
Verb
  • Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The majority of the work happens in the blender, where nearly a full bunch of chives is blitzed into eggs to tint them a whimsical green color.
    Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Anyone who has buttered and blitzed a mountain of mashed potatoes into a purée will understand.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Almost one month into their joint military campaign, the United States and Israel have killed a host of senior Iranian leaders and bombarded key sites across the country.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Tulip bulbs don’t thrive well in shade and excessive moisture, but shouldn’t be bombarded with rays either.
    Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Its involvement now raises the specter of further disruption for a global shipping industry already buffeted by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
    James Legge, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The incessant sales pitches are buffeted by the usual deafening pounding music, which makes Vin Scully Avenue seem like Las Vegas Boulevard.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Gulf War left Saddam Hussein in power, but weakened and dangerous, a source of regional instability for another decade—a pattern that some fear might be playing out in Iran, if the regime emerges from the war battered but no less entrenched.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But Ukraine’s drone attacks are also forcing Moscow to deprioritize some exports and protect consumers, who have been battered by high inflation.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • One morning in 1980, Carl Fletcher, head of one of the richest Jewish families in Long Island and owner of a local plastics factory, is ambushed and kidnapped from his driveway.
    The Know, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In the first inning, when the Tigers both waited out Pivetta and ambushed him, three of his 18 four-seam fastballs were in the strike zone.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Nearly three weeks earlier, the Ecuadoran military bombed Miguel's farm in a joint military operation with the United States.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Its military has bombed 10,000 targets, but the first thousand were likely more valuable than the tenth.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Thousands of passengers and crew were caught on vessels waylaid in ports in the UAE and Qatar.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In season two, the pair head north to Darwin to help solve the murder of Eddie’s former partner but get waylaid investigating a murder in a remote river town of Barra Creek.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Cannoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoned. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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