water cannon
noun
: a large truck-mounted nozzle for directing a high-pressure stream of water (as at a crowd of rioters or demonstrators)
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Masked security eventually showed up to disperse the crowds in the early morning hours, using water cannon trucks, tear gas and rubber bullets to remove people.
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 May 2024
The Philippine coast guard said its two vessels stood their ground at the Scarborough Shoal, a key battleground in the South China Sea, but that one sustained damage from use of water cannon by two Chinese coast guard ships.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
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Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 13 May 2024
The Philippine coast guard said its two vessels stood their ground at the Scarborough Shoal, a key battleground in the South China Sea, but that one sustained damage from use of water cannon by two Chinese coast guard ships.
—Reuters, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Water cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20cannon. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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