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Meanings of cannon in English
Usage of cannon in English
1
Officers used water cannon, teargas and rubber bullets, a police spokesman said.
2
Path of cannon ball; weight of fish in water; hitting distant mark.
3
The day was closing; the thunders of the cannon were dying down.
4
Hardly Garibaldian warriors, rather cannon fodder in a new kind of war.
5
In 1543 was cast the first iron cannon made in this country.
6
The roar of the cannon shook the cottage for the second time.
7
A huge cannon stood upright nearly in the centre of the yard.
8
Federal cannon were thundering in front of the ramparts of the cities.
9
The empty capsules were mounting up in thick layers behind the cannon.
10
But the French mitrailleuses had found their match in the Krupp cannon.
11
The most expensive, best trained cannon fodder in the history of warfare.
12
We could hear the cannon and the ear-piercing rattle of the musketry.
13
Above the cannon and rifles the music of the calling trumpets sounded.
14
This night ended, and in the morning the cannon was heard again.
15
The booming of a thousand cannon was the answer of the allies.
16
The cannon dashed after them through the stream and up the bank.
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Cannon through the time
Cannon across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common