cannoned

verb

Definition of cannonednext
past tense of cannon
as in cannonaded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoned
  1. bombarded
  2. buffeted
  3. battered
  4. ambushed
  5. bombed
Verb
  • Entrepreneurs are bombarded with messages of relentless success, and every social media post seems to celebrate another victory.
    Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In summary, the scale of the national debt to worry about, is only 30% of the size of the topline number we all get bombarded with as the agent of the next economic cataclysm.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • His security forces sought to crush a mass protest movement demanding democratic reforms as the Arab Spring buffeted the region.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • His model assumed that firebrands initially have a random motion as they are buffeted by the turbulence of the fire.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Reports in British media suggest the area was affected by flooding at the time of the incident, as Storm Darragh battered the United Kingdom with strong winds and rain over the weekend.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His spirit was worn down and battered but never broken.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • The gunman, dressed in dark clothing with a hood and mask, ambushed Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Thompson was staying at a nearby hotel before heading solo to the Hilton, on his way to speak at UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference, when he was ambushed by his killer.
    NBC News, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambushed
Verb
  • The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The memoir is also getting review-bombed on sites like Goodreads with one-star ratings before anyone has read a page.
    Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombed
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