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artillery

/ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/noun4 syllables

Artillery means: large but transportable armament.

Synonyms for artillery5

noun, as in large but transportable armament

heavy weapon, gun, ordnance

noun, as in an army unit that uses big guns

artillery unit

noun, as in a means of persuading or arguing

weapon

What does artillery mean?3

noun

1

large but transportable armament

2

an army unit that uses big guns

3

a means of persuading or arguing“he used all his conversational weapons”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with artillery?2

three syllables

hillary

four syllables

distillery
Show 26 near rhymes
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Artillery in a sentence

  • A volley of artillery fire completely destroyed the buildings.AlanF_US
  • Tactical nuclear weapons can be fired from artillery.Amastan
  • Algeria has a powerful land artillery.Amastan
  • The enemy entered the artillery range.shekitten
  • The US carried out highly destructive artillery strikes in Iraq.Amastan
  • Ziri is now an artillery officer.Amastan
  • The artillery is placed in a clearing.Amastan
  • Make way for the heavy artillery.Amastan

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Forms of artillery

as a noun

plural
artilleries