cannoned

verb

Definition of cannonednext
past tense of cannon
as in cannonaded

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  1. bombarded
  2. buffeted
  3. battered
  4. ambushed
  5. bombed
Verb
  • One anonymous parent told Fox News Digital about witnessing a child being bombarded with vulgar insults by pro-trans protesters after the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The morning after Election Day, Kimmy Hull woke up to find that her inbox had been bombarded overnight.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
    Russell L. Riley / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Saturday night, for long periods, they were battered.
    Michael Cox, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • That gap becomes dramatically clear in cases where players choose to act against their own interests, deliberately allowing their characters to be swindled, ambushed, or even killed.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
  • He was allegedly ambushed in the parking lot, kidnapped, robbed and murdered; his apartment was also burglarized, according to police reports.
    Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of ambushed
Verb
  • An entire Arab nation bombed into ruins.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Its conservative stances resulted in its office being bombed by left-wing labor activists in 1910, killing 21 and wounding over 100 in one of the deadliest acts of terrorism in United States history.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombed
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