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large firearms (as cannons or rockets) during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars

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Recent Examples of artillery British soldiers have been experimenting with drones for reconnaissance, Finnish conscripts have been training up on small howitzers, and Swedish troops have shown Scandi solidarity with their longer-range artillery systems. Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 One way of boosting the performance of an artillery round is to install a ramjet in it. New Atlas, 21 May 2025 Virtually everything, including fighter jets, long-range missiles, main battle tanks, artillery, guns, everything that the Pakistani military is now using is coming from China. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025 Washington and Seoul have also accused North Korea of supplying Russia with various types of military equipment, including artillery systems and shells and ballistic missiles. Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for artillery

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“Artillery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artillery. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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