Definitions for Artillery
ɑrˈtɪl ə riar·tille·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnancenoun

   large but transportable armament

2. artillery, artillery unitnoun

   an army unit that uses big guns

3. weapon, artillerynoun

   a means of persuading or arguing

   "he used all his conversational weapons"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artillerynoun

   Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.

2. artillerynoun

   A unit of the army, that uses such weapons.

3. artillerynoun

   Gunnery.

4. Etymology: artillerie, from artillerie.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Artillerynoun

   It has no plural.

   Etymology: artillerie, Fr.

   1. Weapons of war.

   And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them unto the city.

   2. Cannon; great ordnance.

   Have I not heard great ordnance in the field?
   And heav’n’s artillery thunder in the skies? William Shakespeare, T. Shrew.

   I’ll to the Tower with all the haste I can,
   To view th’ artillery and ammunition. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Upon one wing the artillery was drawn, being sixteen pieces, every piece having pioneers to plain the ways. John Hayward.

   He that views a fort to take it,
   Plants his artillery ’gainst the weakest place. John Denham, Sophy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artillery

   Artillery refers to large, heavy weapons and military combat equipment that are used to launch projectiles over long distances, such as cannons, howitzers, mortars, and rocket launchers. This term can also refer to the branch of an army that specializes in the use and maintenance of such weapons.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Artillerynoun

   munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows

2. Artillerynoun

   cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds

3. Artillerynoun

   the men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided

4. Artillerynoun

   the science of artillery or gunnery

5. Etymology: [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art.]

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1. Artillery

   Artillery is a weapon of war that operates by projection of munitions far beyond the effective range of personal weapons. Artillery comprise specialised devices which use some form of stored energy to operate, whether mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic. Originally designed to breach fortifications, they have evolved from nearly static installations intended to reduce a single obstacle to highly mobile weapons of great flexibility in which now reposes the greater portion of a modern army's offensive capabilities. Originally artillery was any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons. Since the development of cannon, the word "artillery" in practice has largely meant cannon; in contemporary usage it usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, mortars, and rockets. In common speech the word artillery is individual devices, together with their accessories and fittings, although these assemblages are more properly called equipment. By association, artillery may also refer to the arm of service that customarily operates such engines. Artillery is the most lethal form of land-based armament; in the Napoleonic Wars, World War I and World War II the vast majority of combat deaths were caused by artillery. In 1944, Joseph Stalin said in a speech that artillery was "the God of War".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Artillery

   är-til′ėr-i, n. offensive weapons of war, esp. cannon, mortars, &c.: the men who manage them: a branch of the military service: gunnery.—ns. Artill′erist, one skilled in artillery or gunnery; Artill′ery-man, a soldier of the artillery. [O. Fr. artillerie, artiller, to arm; through a supposed Low L. artillāre—L. ars, artis, art.]

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1. Artillery

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Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artillery

   Artillery was formerly synonymous with archery, but now comprehends every description of ordnance, guns, mortars, fire-arms, and all their appurtenances. The term is also applied to the noble corps destined to that service: as also to the theory and practice of the science of projectiles: it was moreover given to all kinds of missile weapons, and the translators of the Bible make Jonathan give his "artillery unto his lad."

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. artillery

   In a general sense, signifies all sorts of great guns or cannon, mortars, howitzers, petards, and the like, together with all the apparatus and stores thereto belonging, which are not only taken into the field, but likewise to sieges, and made use of both to attack and defend fortified places; also the officers and men of that branch of the army to which the care and management of such machines have been confided. (See Ordnance.) Artillery, in a particular sense, signifies the science of artillery or gunnery, which art includes a knowledge of surveying, leveling, geometry, trigonometry, conic sections, laws of motion, mechanics, fortifications, and projectiles. See Battery, Field Battery, Field Artillery, Siege Artillery.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Artillery in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Artillery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Artillery in a Sentence

1. Phil Robertson:

   The Myanmar military onslaught has increasingly targeted civilians with indiscriminate artillery attacks and aerial bombings that amount to soldiers wantonly retaliating against populations living near spots where Arakan Army has staged ambushes or IED attacks.

2. Duncan Hunter:

   I was an artillery officer, and we fired hundreds of rounds into Fallujah, killed probably hundreds of civilians, if not scores, if not hundreds of civilians, probably killed women and children, if there were any left in the city when we invaded. So do I get judged, too ?

3. Denis Pushilin:

   The militia have started pulling back artillery units with a caliber greater than 100 millimeters in the south of the republic.

4. Mark Milley:

   Wars are the outcomes of battles and wars are the function of many, many variables, and in this case, you would have to make sure that your tanks are used in combined arms with mechanized infantry, artillery, all of that is synchronized with dismounted forces, etc. So there is no silver bullet in this case, but I do think the M1 tank when it’s delivered and it reaches its operational capability that it will be very effective on the battlefield.

5. Rida Issa:

   Our forces have...targeted militants with artillery and air force around Ouagadougou complex, Ghiza Asskariya district, and in the city center, they have targeted Islamic State members, vehicles, ammunition stores, and control rooms.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Artillery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Artillery
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Artillery
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Artillery
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Artillery
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Artillery
8. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/artillery
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Artillery
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html