cannonize
it looked like a harmless bit of student civil disobedience, but some overzealous crowd controller gave the order to cannonize them
the use of water cannon against people, usually in order to disband riotous crowds - or peaceful political demonstrations
"it looked like a harmless bit of student civil disobedience, but some overzealous crowd controller gave the order to cannonize them" What is the definition of "cannonize"?