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• crossbar: When Henry's pass finally reached Reyes he unleashed a fierce drive but it cannoned off the crossbar.

Adjective modifier

• 30mm: Could you drive an armored vehicle, fire a 30mm cannon or guide a missile to its target?

• loose: He is no loose cannon, merely a man who pretends to be.

• rotary: The gun was also different; the biggest of the rotary cannon.

• atomic: If the " missile explodes on launchpad " the atomic cannon is destroyed.

• automatic: What is clearly missing from the RN inventory is a radar directed automatic cannon of the type commonly fitted to West European warships.

Modifies a noun

• fodder: You were betrayed by your group - cannon fodder to trigger the trap they knew had been set for them.

• ball: The person throws the cannon ball into the water.

• firing: The use of heavy cannon firing at long range changed all of that.

• shell: Most cannon shells were made by drilling a hole through a solid steel projectile, to make room for the chemical contents.

• shot: He would play the shots in sequence incorporating the cannon shot.

• blast: The ground beneath men's feet shook with each repeated cannon blast, the Highlanders began to fall in their hundreds.

Noun used with modifier

• pounder: It was equipped with a 24 pounder cannon and a garrison of 13.

• revolver: Revolver cannon have their own design problems, however.

• siege: The raiders overran the Royalist gun emplacements and succeeded in hauling off several great siege cannon.