water cannon

noun

: a large truck-mounted nozzle for directing a high-pressure stream of water (as at a crowd of rioters or demonstrators)

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Protesters gathered again in Tbilisi on Dec. 1 on central Rustaveli Avenue, tossing fireworks at police, who responded with volleys of water cannon. Felix Light, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Dec. 2024 The Chinese coast guard surrounds a supply ship, blasts it with a water cannon in the area around Second Thomas Shoal. David Rising, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024 On Sunday, he was greeted in Lahore with a water cannon salute and was adorned with garlands, Reuters reported. Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024 Xi Jinping complicates France state visit with water cannon attacks in... Tom Rogan is an online editor and foreign policy writer for the Washington Examiner. Tom Rogan, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for water cannon 

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water cannon was in 1891

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“Water cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20cannon. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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