artillery synonyms

artillery

n.

  1. Heavy ordnance

    gunnery, ordnance, mounted guns, cannons, missile launchers; see also cannon, munitions.

  2. The branch of the service that mans artillery, sense 1

    gun crew, field battery, field artillery, motorized units, antiaircraft units, armored force.

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