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artillery

[ahr-til-uh-ree] / ɑrˈtɪl ə ri /


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After its Washingtonian adventure, Miller’s artillery battery was sent to Louisiana, where Miller fought in the Battle of New Orleans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The two companies will form a joint venture, which should be established during the second half of this year, focused on advanced cruise missiles and ballistic rocket artillery, Rheinmetall said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

An exercise to fire off a howitzer, an artillery weapon, was called off due to an extreme blizzard in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"It appears that there is controversy recently ⁠over US forces in Korea shipping some weapons, such as artillery batteries and air defence weapons, out of the country," he said in a cabinet meeting.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Yet we have turned our artillery against our friends.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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