cannon
To bombard with cannonsTo bombard with cannons.
» Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators.
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4 sensesTo bombard with cannons.
To play the carom billiard shot; to strike two balls with the cue ball.
The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
fire a cannon
To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
Examples
46 sentencesRiot police fired tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators.
The police fired tear gas and water cannons at the protesters.
The police fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters.
Load the cannons.
The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
Солдатів вважали гарматним м'ясом. — Balamax
ruСолдат считали пушечным мясом. — Balamax
deDie Soldaten wurden als Kanonenfutter betrachtet. — Yorwba
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Attested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from ItaAttested from around 1400 as Middle English canon, canoun, from Old French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na) (for more, see cane). Doublet of canyon. This spelling was not fixed until about 1800.
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Forms
cannons, cannoning, cannoned, cannonedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle