Artillery
noun
Large guns that are used in wars to shoot over long distances.
The enemy artillery started firing at dawn.
Often appears as...
- heavy artillery
- artillery fire
noun
The part of an army that uses large guns.
He served in the artillery during the war.
Often appears as...
- artillery unit
- artillery regiment
noun
Large guns that are used in wars to shoot over long distances.
The enemy artillery started firing at dawn.
Often appears as...
- heavy artillery
- artillery fire
noun
The part of an army that uses large guns.
He served in the artillery during the war.
Often appears as...
- artillery unit
- artillery regiment
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Artillery refers to large-scale weaponry, often seen in war films or historical battles.
The movie depicted the devastating effects of artillery in World War II.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Handheld
Unlike rifles or pistols, artillery pieces are too big and heavy to be carried; they're often mounted on vehicles.
The troops moved the artillery into position using a military truck.
Pro Tip 3/3Shooting Range
Artillery can shoot shells over extremely long distances, beyond what regular guns can reach.
They used artillery to target the enemy base from miles away.
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Artillery refers to large-scale weaponry, often seen in war films or historical battles.
The movie depicted the devastating effects of artillery in World War II.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Handheld
Unlike rifles or pistols, artillery pieces are too big and heavy to be carried; they're often mounted on vehicles.
The troops moved the artillery into position using a military truck.
Pro Tip 3/3Shooting Range
Artillery can shoot shells over extremely long distances, beyond what regular guns can reach.
They used artillery to target the enemy base from miles away.
Pro Tip 1/3War Context
Artillery refers to large-scale weaponry, often seen in war films or historical battles.
The movie depicted the devastating effects of artillery in World War II.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Handheld
Unlike rifles or pistols, artillery pieces are too big and heavy to be carried; they're often mounted on vehicles.
The troops moved the artillery into position using a military truck.
Pro Tip 3/3Shooting Range
Artillery can shoot shells over extremely long distances, beyond what regular guns can reach.
They used artillery to target the enemy base from miles away.
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Our lonely society makes...
they had fighter planes, they had tanks, they had artillery, and we really got hammered pretty badly a couple of times. We saw some very ugly things. But I didn't really think it affected me. I didn't think much about it. I came home to New York, where I live. Then one day I went down into the subway,
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Why our IQ levels are...
and then they had machine guns by the time of World War I. And, in other words, it was the equipment that was in the hands of the average soldier that was responsible, not greater keenness of eye or steadiness of hand. Now what we have to imagine is the mental artillery
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Wade Davis: Into the...
artillery flashed the very lights he suddenly found that all of them were literally digging not through soil but through rotten flesh six and eight feet deep what you forget about their war is two things and this is why the books called into the silence the noise
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Marc Goodman: A vision...
and waited to catch trains on their way home from work. But heavy artillery is nothing new in terrorist operations. Guns and bombs are nothing new. What was different this time is the way that the terrorists used modern information communications technologies
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The unheard story of...
There's cavalry, men on horseback and with chariots. There's heavy infantry, which are foot soldiers, armed foot soldiers with swords and shields and some kind of armor. And there's artillery, and artillery are archers, but, more importantly, slingers.
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A vision of crimes in...
eating in cafes and waited to catch trains on their way home from work but heavy artillery is nothing new and terrorist operations guns and bombs are nothing new what was different this time is the way that the terrorists used
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Finding landmines using...
reactions to various unfamiliar situations provides deep clues into the behavioral tendencies of these potential soldier rats just as the army test soldiers to assign them the regiments like infantry artillery this research
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Civil War Coinage PIPE...
era they had artillery here artillery button some guy was out here protecting our country wearing that button how awesome is that freeze button was cool but it's not what we came here to find I'm gonna head over to the side
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James Robertson: The...
with an indifference borne of the passion to survive artillery horses had to drag heavy cannon through all the elements and once they got to the frontlines the life expectancy under fire was
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Niall Ferguson: The 6...
Once you do that, your artillery becomes accurate. Think of what that means. That really was a killer application. Meanwhile, there's no scientific revolution anywhere else.
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Our lonely society makes...
they had fighter planes, they had tanks, they had artillery, and we really got hammered pretty badly a couple of times. We saw some very ugly things. But I didn't really think it affected me. I didn't think much about it. I came home to New York, where I live. Then one day I went down into the subway,
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Why our IQ levels are...
and then they had machine guns by the time of World War I. And, in other words, it was the equipment that was in the hands of the average soldier that was responsible, not greater keenness of eye or steadiness of hand. Now what we have to imagine is the mental artillery
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Wade Davis: Into the...
artillery flashed the very lights he suddenly found that all of them were literally digging not through soil but through rotten flesh six and eight feet deep what you forget about their war is two things and this is why the books called into the silence the noise
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
and waited to catch trains on their way home from work. But heavy artillery is nothing new in terrorist operations. Guns and bombs are nothing new. What was different this time is the way that the terrorists used modern information communications technologies
Video examples
The unheard story of...
There's cavalry, men on horseback and with chariots. There's heavy infantry, which are foot soldiers, armed foot soldiers with swords and shields and some kind of armor. And there's artillery, and artillery are archers, but, more importantly, slingers.
Video examples
A vision of crimes in...
eating in cafes and waited to catch trains on their way home from work but heavy artillery is nothing new and terrorist operations guns and bombs are nothing new what was different this time is the way that the terrorists used
Video examples
Finding landmines using...
reactions to various unfamiliar situations provides deep clues into the behavioral tendencies of these potential soldier rats just as the army test soldiers to assign them the regiments like infantry artillery this research
Video examples
Civil War Coinage PIPE...
era they had artillery here artillery button some guy was out here protecting our country wearing that button how awesome is that freeze button was cool but it's not what we came here to find I'm gonna head over to the side
Video examples
James Robertson: The...
with an indifference borne of the passion to survive artillery horses had to drag heavy cannon through all the elements and once they got to the frontlines the life expectancy under fire was
Video examples
Niall Ferguson: The 6...
Once you do that, your artillery becomes accurate. Think of what that means. That really was a killer application. Meanwhile, there's no scientific revolution anywhere else.
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Jimmy Carter
American President
My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.
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Richard Ashcroft
English Musician
I'm very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that's the thing: you've got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You've got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.
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Ernie Pyle
American Journalist
Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.
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Andy Grammer
American Musician
When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.
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Ty Cobb
American Athlete
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
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Stendhal
French Writer
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
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Robin Williams
American Comedian
The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
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Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
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Jimmy Carter
American President
My great-grandfather and his two brothers fought at Gettysburg. They were in artillery, and they survived the war, thank goodness. So I revere what they did. I think their motivations were honorable when they undertook the war and participated in it along with other Southerners.
Quote examples
Richard Ashcroft
English Musician
I'm very lucky that I can walk on the stage before anyone in the world. And that's the thing: you've got to be pretty confident to go on after me. You've got to have the artillery, as I call it. And the artillery is your songs.
Quote examples
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
The moral effect of the thundering of one's own artillery is most extraordinary, and many of us thought that we had never heard any more welcome sound than the deep roaring and crashing that started in at our rear.
Quote examples
Ernie Pyle
American Journalist
Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.
Quote examples
Andy Grammer
American Musician
When I get back with band, the lights, and the whole production, that's me with the full artillery. A quick radio performance keeps me sharp for the big show.
Quote examples
Ty Cobb
American Athlete
I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.
Quote examples
Stendhal
French Writer
Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
Quote examples
Robin Williams
American Comedian
The Second Amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillery.
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Norman Cousins
American Author
Your heaviest artillery will be your will to live. Keep that big gun going.
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Michelle Bachelet
Chilean Politician
In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
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