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• Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.From the entry repeat
• Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.From the entry soften
• At dawn we really let 'em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage.From the entry let someone have it
• The artillery fired gas shells into the enemy trenches.From the entry gas
• The artillery tore a gap in the line.From the entry tear
• The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.From the entry tank
• A country's tank park or artillery park.From the entry park
• Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.From the entry inclination
• The enemy's artillery inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy forces.From the entry inflict
• The company fell out for an artillery drill.From the entry fall out
• They held on as long as they could, but when the heavy artillery fire started, they had to cut and run.From the entry cut and run
• Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.From the entry defective
• We were pinned down by shellfire. If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out.From the entry shellfire
• The initial ambush, conducted with small arms, escalated into deployment of heavy armor supported by rocket artillery.2021 March 29, Blake Herzinger, “China’s Military Could Turn Small Clashes Into Major Conflicts”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the…. From the entry Zhenbao Island
• As a result, the attack culminated the first day without additional artillery support.2014 August 15, Major Bryan L. Woodcock, 91st Infantry In World War I--Analysis Of An AEF Division's Efforts To Achieve Battlefield…. From the entry culminate
• The anapsid skull: snub-nosed like an artillery shell, shockingly powerful and primitive.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 186. From the entry anapsid
• Fortifications, machine gun nests and artillery units protected the approaches to the city of Mutanchiang.2006, Andrzej M. Tomczyk, Japońska Broń Pancerna [Japanese Armor], volume 5, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 124, column 2. From the entry Mutanchiang
• NATO's PGM militia will be protected from artillery fire and air attack primarily by their own dispersedness.1987, Alvin M. Saperstein, “An Enhanced Non-Provocative Defense in Europe”, in Journal of Peace Research, volume 24, number 1, page 52. From the entry dispersedness
• I.e., parksful of artillery—from the custom of drilling and parading in civic parks.1979, The Norton Anthology of American Literature, volume I, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 1861. From the entry parkful
• Special mechanical or explosive devices, artillery or aerial bombardment, or specially trained teams accomplish this.1969, Engineer Field Data, pages 3–17. From the entry hasty breaching
• But a direct hit by Communist artillery had removed the roof and gutted the interior.1954 July, John C. Caldwell, “The Lost Christians of the China Coast”, in Christian Herald, volume 77, number 7, Christian Herald…. From the entry Liehyu
• At Jemappes there were at least two other Amazons, Catherine Pochelat and Duliere, both artillery women.1922, Winifred Stephens Whale, Women of the French Revolution, page 185. From the entry gunneress
• “The air defense, artillery community is the most stressed.2024 October 14, Lolita C. Baldor, quoting Christine Wormuth, “Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army…. From the entry OPTEMPO
• And marine snails called actaeonellids abounded, the largest of which, shaped like an artillery shell, would fill your hand.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 27. From the entry acteonellid
• Shafter was also deficient in field artillery, the arm traditionally used to "soften up" defensive positions before an assault.2013, Benjamin R. Beede, The War of 1898 and U.S. Interventions, 1898 To 1934, →ISBN. From the entry well-handed
• Through these intense two days, the provisional battalion endured sporadic artillery attacks, aircraft strafings, and small arms fire.2012, Victor Cleary, The Complete Clarksburg Ohio World War II Guide, page 176. From the entry strafing
• Two and a half miles below, smoke from the artillery bombardment drifted like dirty ground-mist, speckled with soft, small flashes.2011, Derek Robinson, Hornet's Sting. From the entry ground-mist
• Aerial bombs are incredibly loud—the noise is a lot sharper than an artillery round, and more intense, but it's short.2010, G. B. Trudeau, Doonesbury.com's The Sandbox. From the entry explosiony
• The Mazu and Penghus Defense Commands each contains two infantry brigades, artillery support units, and an Amphibious Reconnaissance company.2006, Bernard D. Cole, “Taiwan Army”, in Taiwan's Security: History and prospects, Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93. From the entry Mazu
• The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) rained thousands of artillery shells onto the Taiwanese islands of Kinmen and Matsu.1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 308. From the entry Taiwanese
• A highway ran along here, which permitted us to bring up artillery and to subject the aul to preliminary bombardment.1993, Eduard M[artynovich] Dune; Diane P. Koenker and S[tephen] A[nthony] Smith, translators and editors, Notes of a Red Guard, Urbana…. From the entry aul
• Walking fire was used to sweep an area with artillery.1990, Gregory R. Clark, Words of the Vietnam War. From the entry walking fire
• At that stage the Germans were well positioned to give them a warm reception with their powerful 88s and other artillery.1981, Noel “Wig” [Frank] Gardiner, “A Team Talk with the Tankies”, in Freyberg's Circus: Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the North…. From the entry tankie
• Every wave on the Atlantic was like a dead seagull dragging its driftwood artillery from horizon to horizon.1967, Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America. From the entry driftwood
• The appeal was coupled with the warning that before long Communist artillery fire will "completely demolish your positions."[1958 September 2, “Central Intelligence Bulletin”, in CIA, page 1. From the entry Lieh Hsü
• After this there was no regular system of artillery drafts.1904, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1 - Volume 42, page 83. From the entry draft
• For example, he explains: "The carrier airplane receives the picture viewed by the torpedo while remaining at an altitude beyond artillery range."2017 October 19, Lisa Parks, Caren Kaplan, Life in the Age of Drone Warfare, Duke University Press, →ISBN. From the entry passive voice
• Our house at Cavenagh Road had been boarded up and abandoned when the Japanese artillery shells started falling too close for comfort.2014, Walter Woon, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, →ISBN. From the entry too close for comfort
• Although the NVA went to great lengths to conceal the locations of their artillery, they had to expose them at the time of firing.2009, “Close Air Support and the Battle for Khe Sanh”, in Marine Corps, US, page 100. From the entry spotting
• The Hong Kong Volunteers, mostly assigned to man weapons ranging from artillery to machine guns, together with various auxiliary units, supported these units.2001, Dauril Alden, Charles R. Boxer: An Uncommon Life : Soldier, Historian, Teacher, Collector, Traveller, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 147. From the entry Mount Davis

Meaning of artillery

1. noun Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
2. noun An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. noun Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).

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Questions about artillery in a sentence

How do you use artillery in a sentence?

Artillery is used as a noun. For example: “Use "say again" instead of repeat on the radio. Repeat will bring in artillery fire.”

What is a short sentence with artillery?

“Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.”

What does artillery mean?

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