CANNONING Synonyms

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the act of discharging a gun

• the act of setting something on fire

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each

• the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time

• the act of beginning something new

• the act of propelling with force

• tending to or capable of propelling

• the act of firing a projectile

• killing someone by gunfire

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• burst outward, usually with noise

• show a violent emotional reaction

• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

• destroy by exploding

• cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

• drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

• show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

• a glancing rebound

• a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other

• rebound after hitting

• make a carom

• a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

• the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

• cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

• a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

• hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction