Cannon and Engine

Cannon

Cannon noun - A large artillery gun that is usually on wheels.

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Engine and cannon are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Engine" with "Cannon", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: cannoned, cannoneer, cannoning

Engine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.

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Cannon and engine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cannon" instead a noun "Engine".

Nearby Words: engineer, enginery

similar	similar cannon	similar engine
standard	standard cannon	standard engine
original	original cannon	original engine
single	single cannon	single engine
Other adjectives: warp, small, powerful, actual, real, massive, large, enormous, huge, capable, internal, new, experimental, gigantic, basic, different, giant, magical, nuclear, bigger, rotary, largest.

The Druuge Mauler from the second game is, practically speaking, a cannon with an engine.

Source: Video Game / Star Control
The lack of multiple-turreted vehicles, such as the M3 Lee, T-28 and Char B1, is excused since the game engine can't seem to handle having more than one cannon or turret on a unit.

Source: Video Game / Codename Panzers
Built an engine that could do infinite speed (though that was declared non-cannon).

Source: Almighty Janitor

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