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loose cannon
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loose cannon
n. Slang
One that is uncontrolled and therefore poses danger: "[His] bloopers in the White House seem to make him . . . a political loose cannon" Tom Morgenthau.
[From the threat posed by loose cannon rolling about a warship under sail.]
loose cannon
Noun
a person or thing, with the potential to cause considerable damage, that appears to be out of control
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Noun1.loose cannon - a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"


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Such practices that have been verified (for example, at Abu Ghraib) the administration attributes to loose cannons among the military's lower ranks.
The scandal that wasn't: why haven't we confronted torture? by Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien / Commonweal
Does it not scare anyone to think we just might have some glory-seeking, greedy, power-mad, loose cannons among us here in the United States?
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Which sector will be flattened next by the loose cannons of investor disenchantment that are rolling around Wall Street?
Much Ado About Almost Meaningless Intel Shifts by Byron, Christopher / Los Angeles Business Journal
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