CANNON


Meaning of CANNON in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ automatic

▪ water

Riot police used water ~ to disperse the crowd.

VERB + CANNON

▪ load , mount

▪ aim

▪ fire , shoot

CANNON + VERB

▪ boom , roar , thunder

Cannons thundered to their right.

▪ fire (sth) , shoot (sth)

As the king stepped ashore the ~s fired a salute.

CANNON + NOUN

▪ ball (usually cannonball ) , shell

▪ blast , fire , shot

▪ crew

▪ fodder ( figurative )

The foot soldiers were just used as ~ fodder (= considered not as people but as material to be used up in war) .

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