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Recent Examples of artillery
An artillery shell exploded over the freeway during a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Marine Corps, attended by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
This story was updated to clarify that there are no artillery points on land west of Interstate 5, though several points are listed offshore.
—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
Manufacturing 155-millimeter artillery shells in just one plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, led to dangerous gaps in U.S. defenses in 2022, when the U.S. Army raced to supply Ukraine after Russia’s invasion while also replenishing U.S. arsenals at home.
—Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
This story was updated to clarify that there are no artillery points on land west of Interstate 5, though several points are listed offshore.
—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
Manufacturing 155-millimeter artillery shells in just one plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, led to dangerous gaps in U.S. defenses in 2022, when the U.S. Army raced to supply Ukraine after Russia’s invasion while also replenishing U.S. arsenals at home.
—Foreign Affairs, 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 2 Nov. 2025.
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