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n. (artifact) | 1. artillery, gun, heavy weapon, ordnance | large but transportable armament. |
| ~ armament | weaponry used by military or naval force. |
| ~ cannon | a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels. |
| ~ field artillery, field gun | movable artillery (other than antiaircraft) used by armies in the field (especially for direct support of front-line troops). |
| ~ four-pounder | an artillery gun that throws a shot weighing four pounds. |
| ~ gunstock, stock | the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun.; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" |
| ~ battery | a collection of related things intended for use together.; "took a battery of achievement tests" |
n. (group) | 2. artillery, artillery unit | an army unit that uses big guns. |
| ~ army unit | a military unit that is part of an army. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ battery | group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place. |
n. (communication) | 3. artillery, weapon | a means of persuading or arguing.; "he used all his conversational weapons" |
| ~ persuasion, suasion | the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action. |
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