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Definition of Artillery
Artillery

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

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

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

The science of artillery or gunnery.

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Artillery Quotations

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
William Godwin

Over this August district work period, like many of my colleagues, I spent a lot of time with the men and women in uniform from my home State. The 196th Field Artillery Brigade just got back from a year in Afghanistan.
Zach Wamp

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with.
Ernie Pyle

In a few days an officer came to our camp, under a flag of truce, and informed Hamilton, then a captain of artillery, but afterwards the aid of General Washington, that Captain Hale had been arrested within the British lines condemned as a spy, and executed that morning.
William Hull

On my left the shooting had the sharp explosion of the infantry artillery, on my right could be heard the sporadic cannon shots thundering from the front, and up above the sky was clear and the sun bright.
Max Beckmann

Artillery Translations

artillery in Danish is artilleri
artillery in Dutch is geschut, artillerie
artillery in French is artillerie
artillery in German is Artillerie {f}
artillery in Portuguese is artilharia
artillery in Swedish is artilleri

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