[ UK /kˈænənbˌɔːl/ ]
[ US /ˈkænənˌbɔɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
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How To Use cannonball In A Sentence

  • Its wake bounces our little craft like a swimming pool float after a fat kid cannonballs off the diving board.
  • The scars of cannonball fire still mark the exterior, and inside the main gate there are tiny handprints on the walls, the sati marks of the maharaja's widows who tragically joined him on his funeral pyre more than 150 years ago.
  • But since Salman's murder he has been unable to write a word 'Human cannonball' plunges to his death as safety net fails at Kent fairground Take responsibility, Arsene, and admit the Gunners have problems Nick Clegg joins in at last to attack 'dinosaurs who are against AV' London is royal party capital: Wills and Kate thrilled by plans for 2,000 outdoor celebrations Evening Standard - Home
  • A nearby black hole, hurtling like a cannonball through the plane of our Milky Way, has provided possibly the best evidence yet that stellar-mass black holes are made in supernova explosions.
  • Suddenly, Tyler did a cannonball into the water.
  • Door reached into the darkness and removed something roughly the size and shape of a small cannonball. NEVERWHERE
  • Determine the curve described by cannonballs and bombs, taking into consideration the resistance of the air; give rules for obtaining the ranges corresponding to different initial velocities and to different angles of projection.
  • We had been told that cannonballs were scattered liberally over this small bay, but seeing them in situ was something else.
  • A third simply jumped straight up and fell, completing a comic cannonball.
  • The boys were ready for Asher when he cannonballed into the water. One Season of Sunshine
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