water cannonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈwɔː.tə ˌkæn.ən/us/ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ ˌkæn.ən/plural water cannons or mainly UK water cannona device that sends out a powerful stream of water and is used in order to make large groups of people move away:
Police used water cannons to break up the demonstration.
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