howitzer
Example Sentences
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European nations have supplied Ukraine with 11 different types of howitzer firing one caliber, the 155mm shell.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Fifteen minutes after Celtic issued the news of Brendan Rodgers' shock resignation via a perfunctory five-paragraph, 134-word statement, the howitzer landed, courtesy of Dermot Desmond, with whiskers twitching in apparent fury.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
Just before the fire, several units of the California National Guard had been on the island for military training exercises that included the firing of howitzer shells and mortar rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
To the layman, a self-propelled howitzer looks like a tank, but it has a bigger, 155mm gun to fire at longer range.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
One of them, Turner noticed, was crying as he destroyed his howitzer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
