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cannonball

noun as in missile

noun as in projectile

noun as in shot

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The British wanted to seize the ship and its treasure, but fired a cannonball into the San José’s powder magazines by mistake.

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Locals schlep their own gear to the jagged lava rock perches that line the coast and cannonball into the turquoise sea.

Over the last week, both artists’ camps launched new items like cannonballs.

Despite stunning advances in prosthetics, though, the military still looks on amputees the way it did in the days of flintlocks and cannonballs.

Like a well-executed cannonball, the idea is to make an impact that reverberates far beyond its own point of impact, Paganelli said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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