'cannon' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'cannon' with 7 example sentences.
- cannon noun
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: a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
: heavy gun fired from a tank
: (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
: heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
- cannon verb
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: make a cannon
: fire a cannon
It wasn't until evening that the cannons fell silent.
Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
The roar of their own cannons was extremely loud.
The soldiers were regarded as cannon fodder.
This church was destroyed by cannon fire.
He's a loose cannon.
The cannon went off by accident.