society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > range (a target) > have within range (2)
To sweep or rake (a place, position, a body of men, etc.) with gunshot. Also, to command (a position, etc.) with one's guns.
Of artillery: To have within range, to command (an extent of territory).