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WATER CANNON

Pronunciation (US):

• WATER CANNON (noun)
The noun WATER CANNON has 1 sense:

1. a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)

Familiarity information: WATER CANNON used as a noun is very rare.

• WATER CANNON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

water cannon; watercannon

Hypernyms ("water cannon" is a kind of...):

hose; hosepipe (a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas)

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