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Noun: watercannon
  1. A hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
    "The police used watercannons to control the unruly protesters";
    - water cannon

Derived forms: water cannons, watercannons

Type of: hose, hosepipe [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Watercannon