artillery

unzählbar

A noun referring to large, powerful guns or missile launchers used in warfare, or the branch of an army that operates such weapons; it can also refer to a means of persuasion or argument.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das schwere Geschütze oder Raketenwerfer bezeichnet, die im Krieg eingesetzt werden, oder die Waffengattung, die solche Waffen bedient; kann auch ein Überzeugungsmittel oder Argument bedeuten.

1. Large firearms B2 formal technical

   Large, powerful guns that are moved and used on land, such as cannons, howitzers, and missile launchers.

   • The army deployed heavy artillery to the front line.
   • Artillery shells rained down on the enemy positions.
   • Modern artillery can strike targets from many miles away.

   🇩🇪Artillerie

   Synonyme: ordnance

2. Military unit B2 formal

   A branch or unit of an army that operates and manages such large guns.

   • He served in the artillery during the war.
   • The artillery unit was ordered to provide covering fire.
   • The general commanded the artillery to advance.

   🇩🇪Artillerie

   Synonyme: field artillery

3. Persuasive arguments C1 informal

   A collection of facts, reasons, or arguments used to support a position or attack an opposing view.

   • The lawyer brought out his heavy artillery of evidence.
   • She used all her rhetorical artillery to win the debate.
   • The politician's speech was full of emotional artillery.

   🇩🇪Überzeugende Argumente

   Synonyme: ammunitionarsenal

• artilleries plural form
• artilleries' possessive plural form
• artillery's possessive singular form