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Recent Examples of artillery
Intense fighting had broken out in the area, with artillery fire and combat drones crisscrossing the sky.
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Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
That artillery round failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight near Interstate 5 southbound, sending shrapnel flying toward protective service details assigned to the vice president.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Howitzer cannon fire, said to occur on nearby White Beach, was part of the exercise, lobbing artillery rounds over the freeway and onto an impact zone deep inside the nearly 200-square-mile base.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2004, an artillery exercise caused a large fire that destroyed an area roughly the size of 30 football fields filled with native vegetation, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
That artillery round failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight near Interstate 5 southbound, sending shrapnel flying toward protective service details assigned to the vice president.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
Howitzer cannon fire, said to occur on nearby White Beach, was part of the exercise, lobbing artillery rounds over the freeway and onto an impact zone deep inside the nearly 200-square-mile base.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
In 2004, an artillery exercise caused a large fire that destroyed an area roughly the size of 30 football fields filled with native vegetation, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for artillery
Noun
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Guests are immersed into a storyline and given laser guns that shoot at different characters.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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Both trials raise questions about who is responsible when children with access to guns carry out school shootings, a pervasive problem across the country.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Takaichi plans to remove remaining restrictions on weapons exports in an effort to boost the defense industry.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ice dancers Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing were seen with a large toy version of China’s new DF-61 missile – a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) transported on an eight-axle truck and capable of carrying nuclear weapons – at the Cup of China in Chongqing on Saturday.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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