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Definition of: artillery

(är·tilə·rē) noun
1. Guns of larger caliber than machine-guns: usually classified according to caliber as light, medium, and heavy.
2. Military units armed with such guns.
3. Branches of the United States Army composed of such units: Field Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps.
4. U.S. Colloq. Any small firearm.
5. The science of gunnery.
6. Obs. Implements of war. [<OF artillerie <artiller fortify]

Most often used phrases:

royal artillery
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artillery fire
heavy artillery
artillery pieces
horse artillery
light artillery
artillery battery
artillery battalion
artillery brigade
artillery batteries
air defense artillery
coastal artillery
artillery support
artillery units

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Statistical data

"artillery" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on city-data.com forum

"artillery" has the frequency of use of 0.0033% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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