Synonyms of artillery

artillery

noun

är-ˈti-lə-rē 

as in guns

large firearms (as cannons or rockets)

during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars

Synonyms & Similar Words

• guns
• weapons
• ordnance
• weaponry
• munitions
• ammunition
• armament
• arms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of artillery

One reason European wars were so frequent in theseventeenth and eighteenth centuries was the opportunity afforded by successive advances in fortification, artillery, and shipbuilding. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

This weekend was the last one when anyone will get to see the massive installation in the artillery sheds. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

Phoenix has also invested at least $40 million in Reshef Technologies, a company producing electronic fuzes for artillery shells. — Allegra Goodwin, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026