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1. (n.) artillery
mounted projectile-firing guns or missile launchers, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms.
2. artillery
the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons.
3. artillery
the science that treats of the use of such weapons.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < AF, MF artillerie < OF artillier to equip, aim, alter. of atillier to set in order < VL *apticulāre < L aptāre to put on; see adapt)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
large but transportable armament
2. (noun) artillery, artillery unit
an army unit that uses big guns
3. (noun) weapon, artillery
a means of persuading or arguing
"he used all his conversational weapons"
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1. (noun) artillery
large, powerful guns
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| Definition of 'artillery' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) artillery
munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows
2. (noun) artillery
cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds
3. (noun) artillery
the men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided
4. (noun) artillery
the science of artillery or gunnery
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Sense: large guns.
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 Afrikaans: artillerie |
 Arabic: مَدْفَعِّيَّه |
 Bulgarian: артилерия |
 Brazilian: artilharia |
 Czech: dělostřelectvo |
 German: die Artillerie |
 Danish: artilleri |
 Greek: πυροβολικό |
 Spanish: artillería |
 Estonian: suurtükid |
 Farsi: توپ |
 Finnish: tykit |
 French: artillerie |
 Hebrew: תוֹתָח |
 Hindi: तोपची सैनिक |
 Croatian: artiljerija |
 Hungarian: tüzérség |
 Indonesian: senjata berat |
 Icelandic: fallbyssur ogönnur stórsk |
 Italian: artiglieria |
 Japanese: 大砲 |
 Korean: 대포 |
 Lithuanian: artilerija |
 Latvian: artilērija |
 Malay: meriam |
 Dutch: geschut |
 Norwegian: artilleri |
 Polish: artyleria |
 Persian: توپ |
 Pashto: توپ |
 Portuguese: artilharia |
 Romanian: artilerie |
 Russian: артиллерия |
 Slovak: delostrelectvo |
 Slovenian: topništvo |
 Serbian: artiljerija (teško naoruž |
 Swedish: artilleri |
 Thai: ปืนใหญ่ |
 Turkish: büyük toplar, ağır silahl |
 Taiwanese: 大砲 |
 Ukrainian: артилерія |
 Urdu: بڑی توپیں |
 Vietnamese: pháo |
 Chinese: 大炮 |
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