cannons

verb

present tense third-person singular of cannon
as in cannonades

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannons
  1. nukes
  2. bombs
  3. bombards
  4. blitzes
Verb
  • The research firm - now a part of French investment firm Societe Generale - is out with a bold new note that nukes a part of the nuclear thesis.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 9 July 2026
  • One of them nukes a ton of Gmail functionality, and neither is explained very well.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of nukes
Verb
  • The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of bombs
Verb
  • Someone bombards you with a stack of un-asked for pages at a coffee date?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Kyiv urgently needs more interceptors before winter, when Russia routinely bombards its power grid, but the demands of the Iran war and slow output of the sophisticated interceptors have left Ukraine short and vulnerable.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of bombards
Verb
  • Glenn was aggressive Sunday, using blitzes and causing chaos — led by Bailey — with a defense that has held three of its first five opponents to under 200 yards of total offense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rodriguez is also central to defensive coordinator Corey Batoon’s blitzes.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of blitzes
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

cannoning
cannons
canny
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Cannons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannons. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

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

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of jilt

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

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

'Can' vs. 'May'

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

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

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
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
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All