artillery

Definition of Artillery in English :

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Noun

1. artillery, gun, heavy weapon, ordnance

large but transportable armament

2. artillery, artillery unit

an army unit that uses big guns

artillery unit

3. artillery, weapon

a means of persuading or arguing

Example Sentences:
'he used all his conversational weapons'

weapon

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Artillery

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noun

1.

guns, cannon, howitzers, mortars, etc, of calibre greater than 20 mm

2.

troops or military units specializing in using such guns

3.

the science dealing with the use of guns

4.

devices for discharging heavy missiles, such as catapults or slings

Artillery

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noun

1. Archaic

apparatus, as catapults or arbalests, for hurling heavy missiles

2.

guns of large caliber, too heavy to carry; mounted guns (excluding machine guns), as cannon or missile launchers: artillery may be mobile, stationary, or mounted on ships, airplanes, etc.

3.

the science of guns; gunnery

Artillery

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n. pl. ar·til·ler·ies

1. Large-caliber weapons, such as cannon, howitzers, and missile launchers, that are operated by crews.

2. The branch of an army that specializes in the use of such weapons.

3. The science of the use of guns; gunnery.

4. Weapons, such as catapults, arbalests, and other early devices, used for discharging missiles.

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