Collocations for cannon - noun
ADJ.
water
Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
VERB + CANNON
load | aim | fire, shoot
CANNON + VERB
boom, roar, thunder
Cannons thundered to their right.
Cannons thundered to their right.
fire (sth)
As the king stepped ashore the cannons fired a salute.
As the king stepped ashore the cannons fired a salute.
CANNON + NOUN
ball, shell | fire, shot | crew | fodder
(figurative) The foot soldiers were just used as cannon fodder (= considered not as people but as material to be used up in war).
(figurative) The foot soldiers were just used as cannon fodder (= considered not as people but as material to be used up in war).