heavy artillery

Example Sentences

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In Perth, Ben Stokes' team unleashed their heavy artillery to devastating and exhilarating effect.

From BBC

The culmination of a plan to bring heavy artillery down under resulted in this awesome and relentless assault on the Australia batting.

From BBC

"All civilians and soldiers headed out towards the southern side. There was a state of terror, and as we walked, drones were bombing us. And heavy artillery too - I saw many people die on the spot, there was no-one who could save them."

From BBC

The three groups, calling themselves the Brotherhood Alliance - the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Arakan Army - had prepared their attack for months, deploying large numbers of drones and heavy artillery.

From BBC

What does it mean to see a child’s head exploded by heavy artillery in a fictional film, when that’s something that regularly happens in schools across America?

From Los Angeles Times