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artillery

large but transportable armament

In a sentence

Six example sentences with artillery, each labelled with its topic.

  • Napoleon trained as an artillery officer, and the habit of massing guns shaped every campaign he later fought.

    History

  • The production hauled replica artillery across a Bulgarian field, then shot the whole sequence entirely at dawn.

    Movies

  • The strategy title makes artillery slow to reposition, so a careless player loses a battery to one flanking move.

    Gaming

  • Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture calls for real artillery, and outdoor orchestras still hire a battery to fire the final bars.

    Music

  • Modern artillery carries its own computer, correcting for wind and air pressure before the crew touches a single dial.

    Technology

  • The town's only factory made artillery for the army, and when the contract ended, half the shops on Main Street closed.

    Economics

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