cannoneering

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noun

The use of cannon.

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Meanings

nouncannoneering (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe use of cannon.
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    From the earlieſt Davvnings of Policy to this Day, the Invention of Men has been ſharpening and improving the Myſtery of Murder, from the firſt rude Eſſays of Clubs and Stones, to the preſent Perfection of Gunnery, Cannoneering, Bombarding, Ruining, and all theſe Species of artificial, learned, and refined Cruelty, […]

    1756, [Edmund Burke], A Vindication of Natural Society: Or, A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind from Every Species of Artificial Society. […], London: […] M. Cooper […], →OCLC, page 33

Origin

From cannoneer + -ing.

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cannoneering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannoneering

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“cannoneering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannoneering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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