cannoned
Blasted with artillery
Cannoned is the past tense of cannon, meaning to collide forcefully and rebound: He cannoned into her in the hallway, The ball cannoned off the post.
This usage is primarily British.
In American English, the collision sense typically uses carom instead.
Terminated from employment
- blastedDestroyed or damned
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
- shelledOuter casing removed
- barragedAttacked in rapid succession
salvo · discharged · launched · volley · fusillade · battery · mortar · howitzer
fired
Terminated from employment
barraged · salvo · discharged · launched · volley · fusillade · battery · mortar · howitzer · ordnance
carom
Angled deflection shot
cushion · cue · break · snooker · pool · ricochet · angled · glanced · kissed · combination
crashed
Suddenly failed or slept
careened · bounced · ricocheted · rebounded · hurtled · barreled · plowed · struck · impacted · rammed
- loose cannonUnpredictably dangerous person
- cannon fodderTroops treated as disposable
- water cannonPressurized stream weapon
- cannon ballSolid iron projectile
- cannon fireDischarge from heavy artillery
- human cannonballArtillery-launched circus act
cannon, cannons, cannonball, cannonade, cannoning, cannoneer, cannoneers, cannonading, cannonades