artillery

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UK /ɑːˈtɪləɹi/ US /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

field

heavy

The military deployed heavy artillery to destroy the bridge during the battle.

ARTILLERY + NOUN

attack, barrage, bombardment, fire | piece, shell

train, unit

The military deployed an artillery unit to defend the border during the conflict.

Definitions

noun

Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.

An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.

Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).

Weapons, especially siege engines.

And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.

The old walls […] were surely strong enough to keep out men without battering-rams, balistas, or artillery of any kind. [Footnote] Artillery is here used in its old English meaning for any kind of warlike engine. Cf. I Sam. XX. 40.

One or more guns.

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Synonyms

noun — large but transportable armament

noun — a means of persuading or arguing

weapon

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.

Wiktionary

The soldiers had artillery.

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Sami had an artillery vest.

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When Dr. Roylott was in India he married my mother, Mrs. Stoner, the young widow of Major-General Stoner, of the Bengal Artillery.

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Algeria has a powerful land artillery.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, artillery is marked as archaic, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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