cannoned

verb

past tense of cannon
as in cannonaded

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoned
  1. barraged
  2. blitzed
  3. bombarded
  4. buffeted
  5. battered
  6. ambushed
  7. bombed
  8. waylaid
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
Definition of barraged
Verb
  • During the games, there’s cuts to the wives and a large group of family in a suite partying hard while the QB is getting blitzed on the field.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • In the simplest of iterations, all the sauce ingredients can be combined in a food processor and blitzed until smooth.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of blitzed
Verb
  • Diesel has surged more than 40 cents a barrel over the past couple weeks after war broke out again in the Middle East and Ukraine bombarded Russian refineries with drone strikes.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • With employees bombarded by hundreds of daily notifications and attention spans shrinking to mere seconds, true productivity and complex decision-making are severely hampered.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • During Argentina’s semifinal victory, against England, Messi, who is still playing at the unearthly age of thirty-nine, spent the opening hour of the match being buffeted and bypassed by the action.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • After four decades of conflict, the impoverished, aid-dependent country is now buffeted by multiple crises, from natural disasters and climate change to the largest influx of returning refugees the world has seen in decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Traveling away from one’s homeland often meant being battered by the seas and landing on foreign soil seeking food, water, and respite.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 July 2026
  • Pitching was supposed to be the strength Heading into the season, pitching was viewed as the Marlins’ clearest strength before the staff was battered by injuries.
    — Tyler M. Carmona July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of battered
Verb
  • The military convoy was leaving the northern town of Anefis and headed to Gao city when it was ambushed in the Sahara desert.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • Nolan’s film has Telemachus and his trusted advisor, Mentor (Ryan Hurst), ambushed by the suitors at a temple dedicated to Apollo.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of ambushed
Verb
  • The Natanz site, where two of Iran's uranium enrichment plants were located, was bombed during the war started by the United States and Israel on February 28, and during last year's 12-day war.
    — Catherine Cartier, USA Today, 22 July 2026
  • In Yemen, the Houthis (an Iranian proxy group) bombed Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • 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
  • Dog days are coming for the 49ers at training camp, and Taylor has an inspiring tale from a career waylaid by injuries.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Definition of waylaid
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

cannonballs
cannoned
cannoneer
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Cannoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoned. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Democracy or Republic: What's the difference?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Do you 'say your piece' or 'say your peace'?

Why is '-ed' sometimes pronounced at the end of a word?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List

Ten Words Ending with a Silent ‘T’

The Words of the Week - Jul 24

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?
See More

Popular

See More

Democracy or Republic: What's the difference?

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
chain-question-mark
Missing Link Quiz July 2026 Five seconds to figure out the word that fits bot...
See All