emplacement Definition
em·place·ment (--mənt)
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.
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