cannonballs
Heavy artillery ammunition
Cannonballs are heavy metal spheres fired from cannons—the original artillery ammunition before modern shells.
The word extends to a style of jumping into water with knees tucked to the chest, creating maximum splash: He did a cannonball off the diving board.
As a verb, to cannonball is to move rapidly and forcefully: The car cannonballed down the highway.
Perfectly round solid
diameter · weight · rolling · stacked · pyramid · pile · smooth · forged
Launched airborne object
- shotQuick liquor serving
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- ironElement twenty-six
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
caliber · powder · cartridge · munition · ordnance · ballistics · grapeshot · chainshot
Encirclement forcing surrender
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- salvoSimultaneous weapons discharge
fortification · rampart · breach · bombardment · broadside · naval · battleship · galleon
Impact or volcanic basin
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- blastSudden forceful burst
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
devastation · penetration · collision · damage · force · velocity · trajectory · ricochet
sphere
Perfectly round solid
solid · diameter · weight · rolling · stacked · pyramid · pile · smooth · forged · molded
projectile
Launched airborne object
lead · caliber · powder · cartridge · munition · ordnance · ballistics · grapeshot · chainshot · muzzle
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
salvo · fortification · rampart · breach · bombardment · broadside · naval · battleship · galleon · armada
crater
Impact or volcanic basin
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- blastSudden forceful burst
shockwave · devastation · penetration · collision · damage · force · velocity · trajectory · ricochet · splintering
pool
Collective fund or basin
tuck · knees · water · wave · spray · droplets · ripple · soak · impact · dive
shoulders
Upper arm joints
strength · dumbbells · kettlebells · gym · fitness · repetition · muscle · form · lift · CrossFit
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- pool partiespool noodles, poolside, swimming, swimsuit, swimsuits
- water funswimming pools, water parks, water slides, wave pools, lazy rivers
- artilleryhowitzers, howitzer, mortars, artillery piece, artillery pieces
- naval gunnerynaval gun, gunnery drills, guns, naval guns, gunnery
- naval ordnancenaval guns, torpedoes, naval artillery, naval mines, depth charges
cannonballsguided missiles
Self-directing explosive projectiles
smart bombs · cruise missiles · drones · ICBMs · torpedoes
cannonballsbullets
Firearm projectiles
shells · shrapnel · fragmentation grenades · cluster munitions
cannonballsshields
Protective barriers for defense
armor · fortifications · ramparts · defensive walls · bunkers
- human cannonballArtillery-launched circus act