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Cannon
01
cañón
a large and powerful gun that was used in the past to fire stone or metal balls
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The fortress defended the city with rows of cannons lining its walls.
La fortaleza defendía la ciudad con hileras de cañones alineados en sus muros.
The battlefield echoed with the thunderous roar of cannons during the siege.
El campo de batalla resonaba con el estruendoso rugido de los cañones durante el asedio.
02
carambola, cañón
a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other
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He scored a cannon by hitting both balls in one shot.
The player practiced cannons to improve accuracy.
03
caña, tibia
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
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The horse 's cannon was bruised during the race.
Injuries to the cannon can affect a horse's mobility.
04
cañón, ametralladora pesada
heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
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The fighter jet was equipped with a 20 mm cannon.
Cannons on military aircraft provide high firepower.
05
cañón, pieza cilíndrica de placa de armadura para proteger el brazo
(Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm
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The knight 's cannon covered his arm from wrist to elbow.
Medieval cannons were part of full plate armor.
06
cañón, pieza de artillería
heavy gun fired from a tank
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The tank fired its cannon at the target.
Modern tanks are equipped with powerful cannons.
to cannon
01
disparar un cañón, hacer fuego con un cañón
fire a cannon
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The soldiers cannoned at dawn to signal the attack.
They cannoned the fortress walls during the siege.
02
cañonear, hacer un cañonazo
make a cannon
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He cannonned the cue ball into the two object balls.
The player learned how to can cannon very fast.
