as in guns
large firearms (as cannons or rockets) during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars

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Recent Examples of artillery In Ukraine, Russian forces routinely jam GPS to disorient drones and artillery. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025 Lethal drones have pushed traditional missiles and artillery to the sidelines. Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 But what everyone writes about is the artillery. Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025 Rheinmetall’s facility will be able to produce 350,000 artillery shells annually by 2027, part of efforts by the continent to ultimately manufacture 2 million a year by itself. semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for artillery
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Noun
  • And in Utah, where Kirk was murdered, lawmakers recently changed the law to clarify that people can openly carry guns on college campuses, including students as young as 18 years old.
    John Feinblatt, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The American electorate has made its views on guns clear again and again.
    John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Zelensky said Russia is planning two more heavy offensives after three previous attempts failed and that allies must sustain production of drones and electronic warfare systems and keep weapons and funding flowing to support Ukraine.
    Brendan Cole John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The main concern is the stagnant nature of the offense, largely down to the absence of some key weapons – Rashee Rice is missing through suspension and Xavier Worthy suffered a freak shoulder injury in Week 1.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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