water cannon

noun

: a machine that shoots a large, powerful stream of water and that is used by police to control violent crowds

Full Definition of WATER CANNON

: 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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1964

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