artillery
noun
ar·til·lery
| \ är-ˈti-lər-ē
, -ˈtil-rē\
, -ˈtil-rē\
plural artilleries
Definition of artillery
1
: weapons (such as bows, slings, and catapults) for discharging missiles
2a
: large bore mounted firearms (such as guns, howitzers, and rockets) : ordnance
b
: a branch of an army armed with artillery
3
: a means of impressing, arguing, or persuading, or competing
… indicated that the Bureau had not rolled out its heavy artillery for a full-scale investigation.— Herbert Mitgang
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Examples of artillery in a Sentence
The troops were being bombarded by artillery.
a captain in the artillery
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Folly Beach Island was occupied in 1863 by Union forces, who built roads, forts, an artillery battery and a supply depot, according to the city's website. — David Williams, CNN, "Beachcombers find Civil War-era cannonballs on a South Carolina beach," 9 Sep. 2019 The attack that prompted the crisis meeting Power describes in the opening of her book involved sarin-gas shells delivered to a Damascus suburb by artillery. — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, "The Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention," 9 Sep. 2019 This would be familiar to the soldiers who used the outputs of ENIAC, the world’s first electronic general-purpose computer, which generated artillery firing tables in 1945. — The Economist, "Artificial intelligence is changing every aspect of war," 7 Sep. 2019 After being seated at a long wooden table, a group of diplomats and military officers informs Bernie that armed militants in the Central African Republic have placed artillery around a town and are threatening to bombard its 10,000 inhabitants. — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, "The Fog of Intervention," 4 Sep. 2019 Mattis was taking a force of 1,200 men into the teeth of Iraqi minefields and artillery. — CBS News, "Gen. Jim Mattis on war and Trump," 1 Sep. 2019 Another small band of Poles took and held the Danzig post office until artillery was drawn up to blow away the building’s face, gasoline poured on from above and set afire. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "The Invasion of Poland Wasn't Hitler's First Aggression. Here's Why That Move Marked the Beginning of WWII," 30 Aug. 2019 Starting Friday, August 30 at 12 p.m. PT until Monday, September 2 at 12 p.m. PT, every single Lip Kit in the Kylie Cosmetics artillery will be available in an epic buy-one-get-one-free deal. — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, "Kylie Cosmetics Is Offering BOGO Lip Kits for Labor Day With Zero Catch," 29 Aug. 2019 Near the village on April 20, 1918, the 102nd came under an early morning artillery barrage. — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, "Students return to trenches where Connecticut soldiers fought a century ago," 24 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'artillery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for artillery
artillery
noun
English Language Learners Definition of artillery
: large guns that are used to shoot over a great distance
: the part of an army that uses large guns to shoot over a great distance
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artillery
noun
ar·til·lery
| \ är-ˈti-lə-rē\
Kids Definition of artillery
1
: large firearms (as cannon or rockets)
2
: a branch of an army armed with artillery
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