Definitions from Wiktionary (loose cannon)
▸ noun: (nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
▸ noun: (idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To behave in a way such as to cause damage to one's own faction, political party, etc.
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▸ noun: (nautical) A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew.
▸ noun: (idiomatic, by extension) An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to their own team, faction, political party, etc.
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To behave in a way such as to cause damage to one's own faction, political party, etc.
Similar:
cannonball effect,
cannonball,
cannonry,
cannonading,
cannoneering,
loose,
human cannonball,
carronade,
glass cannon,
déculassement,
more...
Opposite:
Adjectives:
projicient,
catapultian,
bush,
cannoned,
scorpion,
double-barrelled,
barreled,
ram,
catty,
serpentine,
metal
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