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WATERCANNON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
Synonyms:
water cannon; watercannon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("watercannon" is a kind of...):
hose; hosepipe (a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas)