Artillery consists of large, powerful guns which are transported on wheels and used by an army.
Using tanks and heavy artillery, they seized the town.
...the sound of artillery fire.
Synonyms: big guns, battery, cannon, ordnance More Synonyms of artillery
2. singular noun [with singular or plural verb]
The artillery is the section of an army which is trained to use large, powerful guns.
At some stage he left the Artillery to command a radar unit.
artillery in British English
(ɑːˈtɪlərɪ)
noun
1.
guns, cannon, howitzers, mortars, etc, of calibre greater than 20 mm
2.
troops or military units specializing in using such guns
3.
the science dealing with the use of guns
4.
devices for discharging heavy missiles, such as catapults or slings
Word origin
C14: from Old French artillerie, from artillier to equip with weapons, of uncertain origin
artillery in American English
(ɑrˈtɪləri)
noun
1. Archaic
apparatus, as catapults or arbalests, for hurling heavy missiles
2.
guns of large caliber, too heavy to carry; mounted guns (excluding machine guns), as cannon or missile launchers: artillery may be mobile, stationary, or mounted on ships, airplanes, etc.
3.
the science of guns; gunnery
Idioms:
the artillery
Derived forms
artilleryman (arˈtilleryman) (ɑrˈtɪlərimən)
nounWord forms: pluralarˈtillerymen (ɑrˈtɪlərimən) or arˈtillerist (ɑrˈtɪlərɪst)
Word origin
ME < OFr artillerie < artillier (prob. altered by assoc. with arte, UNRESOLVED CROSS REF) < atillier, to equip; dissimilated var. of atirier: see attire
Examples of 'artillery' in a sentence
artillery
French reconnaissance aircraft flew dangerously low trying to see what was happening on the ground, with 20 of the planes crashing or hit by artillery fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Round after round of heavy artillery lit huge fires.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The movement was put down with the use of artillery.
Paul Preston The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
Tanks and heavy artillery should be phased out.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They were indifferent to the boom of army artillery training in the background.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We were too close for their artillery fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Whole artillery units had to be diverted to this humdrum task.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
Please send the message that we need heavy artillery.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But for the first time he had the chance to use his complete artillery in battle.
Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)
They will also show them how to call in air strikes and direct artillery fire.
The Sun (2014)
Nearby roads were closed as artillery units advanced towards the frontier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Heavy artillery was pounding away all the time.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
The government said they had been killed by artillery fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But why not bring out the heavy artillery from the beginning?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The enemy opened the attack on our lines with furious artillery fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The more important weapons were his tanks and artillery and we needed to be able to hit those targets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The immense weight of artillery now used has given the fighting of the last few weeks a new character.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Artillery and tank fire to the east of the city were followed by heavy machinegun and small arms exchanges.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Do we suddenly notice that two members of our artillery unit are behaving strangely as the gun goes off?
Kantrow, Alan M. The Constraints of Corporate Tradition (1987)
They are dirty great artillery pieces.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The aircraft also destroyed about 4,000 military vehicles and artillery pieces.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Short of artillery and lacking tanks, they had no choice.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
Cannon and artillery fire rang around the venue, which had a 6,000 crowd.
The Sun (2016)
If you've got the artillery, then use it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
artillery
British English: artillery NOUN
Artillery consists of large, powerful guns which are transported on wheels and used by an army.
Using tanks and heavy artillery, they seized the town.
American English: artillery
Brazilian Portuguese: artilharia
Chinese: 大炮
European Spanish: artillería
French: artillerie
German: Artillerie
Italian: artiglieria
Japanese: 大砲
Korean: 대포
European Portuguese: artilharia
Latin American Spanish: artillería
All related terms of 'artillery'
the artillery
the branch of an army specializing in the use of heavy mounted guns
artillery plant
any of various tropical urticaceous plants of the genus Pilea , such as P . microphylla, all having stamens that discharge their pollen explosively
field artillery
artillery capable of deployment in support of front-line troops , due mainly to its mobility
heavy artillery
guns and howitzers of large caliber
horse artillery
cavalry equipped with artillery
light artillery
guns and howitzers of small caliber
medium artillery
guns and howitzers of more than 105mm and less than 155mm caliber, sometimes including the 155mm howitzers
(noun)
Definition
large-calibre guns
the sound of artillery fire
Synonyms
big guns
battery
They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
cannon
ordnance
a team clearing an area littered with unexploded ordnance
gunnery
cannonry
Additional synonyms
in the sense of battery
They stopped beside a battery of abandoned guns.
Synonyms
artillery,
ordnance,
gunnery,
gun emplacement,
cannonry
in the sense of ordnance
Definition
weapons and other military supplies
a team clearing an area littered with unexploded ordnance