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artillery

noun

är-ˈti-lə-rē

Definition of artillery

as in guns

large firearms (as cannons or rockets) during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars

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Recent Examples of artillery On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 North Korea has intensified tensions with a series of military displays this month, including short-range ballistic missile launches, live-fire missile and artillery exercises, and the commissioning of a new warship. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Thunder and lightning go off like artillery shells in every direction and the temperature can drop 30 degrees in seconds. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 That includes more than 10,000 armored and protected vehicles, close to 3,000 air defense and artillery systems, and over 370 aircraft and helicopters, Knighton said. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for artillery

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Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

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