Thesaurus results for EMPLACEMENTS

emplacements

noun

plural of emplacement

as in locations

the area or space occupied by or intended for something the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is

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Recent Examples of emplacements It was abandoned in 1865, when the war ended, but the cannon emplacements are still visible today, carved into the landscape. —

Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026 How will that be taken care of and how will the ships that are there, that are not moving, start to move and be moving with a degree of confidence that they will not be inhibited by what remains of the Iranian either boats or gun emplacements along that strait? —

Major Garrett, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 His troops were dug into a lacework of tunnels and gun emplacements and most had survived the pre-invasion bombing, the Courant has reported. —

Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026 Meanwhile, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative found that three sets of three emplacements were built on Mischief Reef in 2023, likely to accommodate road-mobile weapons platforms, including artillery or rocket systems, to defend the outpost. —

Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

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Ukraine this year has rapidly developed its medium and long-range drones to attack Russian targets, including Moscow’s oil facilities and other locations far beyond the frontlines.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
As Sacramento prepared for Election Day, voters had already begun Monday to return ballots at early voting and vote-by-mail ballot drop-off locations, such as the California Museum in downtown Sacramento.

— Velvet Wu June 1, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026