cannoning
The word “cannoning” has 3 syllables: can-non-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈkæn.ən.ɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for cannoning?
In the thesaurus, “cannoning” has 45 synonyms and 6 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for cannoning along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for cannoning
- ambuscading
- ambushing
- assailing
- assaulting
- attacking
- barraging
- battering
- beleaguering
- besetting
- besieging
- blitzing
- bombarding
- bombing
- buffeting
- bum-rushing
- bushwhacking
- cannonading
- charging
- foraying
- harrying
- invading
- looting
- mobbing
- mugging
- nuking
- overrunning
- pillaging
- plastering
- plundering
- pressing
- raiding
- ravaging
- robbing
- rushing
- sacking
- setting on
- siccing
- sicking
- storming
- striking
- surprising
- surprizing
- swarming
- trashing
- waylaying
Antonyms for cannoning
- covering
- defending
- guarding
- protecting
- securing
- shielding
Meanings of cannoning
- verb
- To bombard with cannons.
- To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball.
- To fire something, especially spherical, rapidly.
- To collide or strike violently, especially so as to glance off or rebound.
Example Sentences
- The ball came cannoning off the post and into the net.
- He was knocked over by a player cannoning into him at full speed.
- A car came cannoning down the hill, barely missing the sidewalk.
- The puck went cannoning across the ice after the powerful shot.
- Debris was cannoning through the air after the explosion.
On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cannoning, such as: ambuscading, ambushing, assailing, assaulting, attacking, barraging, battering.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
raiding
- ambuscading
- ambushing
- assailing
- assaulting
- attacking
- barraging
- battering
- battling
- beating up on
- beleaguering
- besetting
- besieging
- blitzing
- blockading
- bombarding
- bombing
- buffeting
- bum-rushing
- bushwhacking
- cannonading
- cannoning
- charging
- combating
- combatting
- conquering
- crushing
- depredation
- despoiling
- despoilment
- despoliation
- dominating
- encroaching
- enveloping
- fighting
- flanking
- flying at
- foraying
- garrisoning
- going at
- harassing
- harrying
- infringing
- invading
- investing
- lighting into
- looting
- marauding
- mobbing
- mugging
- nuking
- occupying
- overcoming
- overpowering
- overrunning
- overwhelming
- pillaging
- piracy
- pirating
- pitching into
- plastering
- plunder
- plundering
- pressing
- privateering
- ransacking
- ravaging
- robbery
- robbing
- rounding on
- rushing
- sacking
- setting at
- setting on
- setting upon
- siccing
- sicking
- storming
- striking
- stripping
- subduing
- subjecting
- subjugating
- surprising
- surprizing
- swarming
- tearing into
- trashing
- trespassing
- vanquishing
- waylaying