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emplacement Definition

em·place·ment (--mənt)

noun

  1. the act of emplacing; placement
  2. the position in which something is placed; specif., the prepared position from which a heavy gun or guns are fired

Etymology: Fr < emplacer, to put in position: see en- & place

emplacement Usage Examples

Preposition: of

magma: Significant basaltic magmatism ( the generation and emplacement of magma and its solidification to igneous rock known locally as greenstones ) also occurred.

Converse of object

  • machine-gun: If you put a machine-gun emplacement anywhere in Mosul, for instance, it will be next to antiquities.
  • destroy: Objectives differ according to the mode, but all basically consist of destroying capital ship emplacements such as radars, communications and engines.
  • attack: There is an air raid shelter under the ramp in case enemy bombers attacked the emplacement.
  • show: This photograph shows an emplacement for an antiaircraft gun.
  • build: These were used, along with 100 octane gasoline cans filled with sand, to build gun emplacements.
  • have: Looking at the emplacement today, you would wonder why have an emplacement here in the first place?

Preposition: in

vicinity: Anti-tank road barriers with Machine- gun emplacements in the vicinity of permanent road barriers.

Adjective modifier

  • concrete: A concrete gun emplacement, built during World War 11 just near this tomb, is still visible.
  • German: Small naval craft had got as close in as they could and attacked the German gun emplacements.
  • large: Next, were the light and heavy cruisers, which had the responsibility of silencing the larger gun emplacements, situated further inland.
  • old: Sunday - An early walk through the bush and the old artillery emplacements on Bradley's Head with glorious harbor views from the headland.
  • open: Between the two Moncrief pits there are two pairs of open emplacements that mounted 68 pounder RML's.
  • defensive: All of the Marine garrison's defensive emplacements were left intact by the raid, which primarily targeted the naval aircraft.

Noun used with modifier

  • machine-gun: Classification kept as a Machine-Gun Emplacement, June 7 1941.
  • anti-tank: Not all anti-tank emplacements had an ' emergency exit ' .
  • antiaircraft: The camp had been built in the 1930s and extended in the 40s to incorporate an antiaircraft gun emplacement.
  • gun: These were used, along with 100 octane gasoline cans filled with sand, to build gun emplacements.
  • artillery: The Germans had oriented their main defense around artillery emplacements away from Sword.
  • enemy: Along the way you come across enemy gun emplacements that you can take over, and use to pepper the battlefield.