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cannon

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cannon
noun
mounted gun, field gun, gun, piece of artillery, piece of ordnance;
mortar, howitzer;
informal big gun;
historical carronade, bombard, culverin, falconet, long tom, serpentine;
British, historical pom-pom.
verb
the couple behind almost cannoned into us:
collide with, hit, run into, bang into, crash into, smash into, smack into, crack into, ram into, be in collision with, plow into;
North American impact with;
North American, informal barrel into.