artillery fire in English

shooting of heavy firearms (long-range guns, anti-aircraft weapons, etc.)

Use "artillery fire" in a sentence

1. The town is under heavy artillery fire.

2. Our artillery fire bombarded the enemy post.

3. The air base was under continuous artillery fire.

4. To patrol and ambush, call in artillery fire.

5. It also operates an integrated system for artillery fire campaign called "TRUENO", which enables it to direct artillery fire in an automated mode.

6. The artillery fire continued sporadically until 4:14 am.

7. The hospital had been hit with heavy artillery fire.

8. The palace was formidable, with walls strong enough to withstand artillery fire.

9. Well, loud rock music can produce 120 decibels, and artillery fire 130 decibels.

10. 8 November: Thai artillery fire hit Nong Chan Refugee Camp, killing about 100 refugees.

11. Quickly thereafter the American infantry began taking mortar and artillery fire from the North Koreans.

12. Enduring concentrated German artillery fire and Luftwaffe strafing and bombs, the French stood their ground.

13. The Swedes’ maneuvering and accurate, rapid artillery fire caused his troops to break and flee.

14. During the attack that indeed came that night, Gaucher's command post was hit by artillery fire.

15. It started off just with simple gunfire and then it got worse , with heavy artillery fire . "

16. A Bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops, or towns and buildings.

17. Assailed the enemy with artillery fire When is it sensible to use assault instead of Assail?

18. The Counterscarp wall was built to protect the landward face of the fort from artillery fire

19. The State Guard advanced under heavy Union artillery fire, pushing the enemy back into their inner works.

20. There we were pounded night and day by heavy artillery fire, and my company was being decimated.

21. It came under artillery fire from the three South African brigade groups and was forced to dig in.

22. Artillery-fire and bombing began on Sollum airfield and barracks (which were empty), which raised a dust cloud.

23. Trees and forests can be flattened by tanks or artillery fire, and the ground can become pockmarked with craters.

24. In military usage, a Barrage is massed sustained artillery fire aimed at a series of points along a line

25. Bill Lucas, used the lull to call in artillery fire and F-18 Hornet bomber strikes on suspected enemy positions.

26. A Bombardment is an attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft on fortifications, combatants, or towns and buildings.

27. But the elephants were stopped by rocket fire and the cavalry found it impossible to move against the sustained British artillery fire.

28. However, heavy preparatory Dutch artillery fire had the unintended effect of causing the Germans to abandon their plans for a night attack.

29. Barrage definition, a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops

30. Barrage definition, a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops

31. The initial attack by Bauduin's brigade emptied the wood and park, but was driven back by heavy British artillery fire, and cost Bauduin his life.

32. Dutch batteries in the Hoekse Waard, despite dive bomber attacks, tried to destroy the bridge by artillery fire, but the massive structure was only slightly damaged.

33. Mizuno's attack started around midnight, with one company attacking through Marine artillery fire and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Marine defenders before being thrown back.

34. Bombardment (countable and uncountable, plural Bombardments) the act of bombing, especially towns or cities; heavy artillery fire the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance; Quotations

35. Running into a Japanese battalion hurrying south, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Fowler's 2nd Battalion, with Battery B, 149th Field Artillery attached, engaged the Japanese with much needed artillery fire, killing at least 50 and sending the rest fleeing.

36. The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire

37. Ack ack", from signalese for AA, referring to anti-aircraft artillery fire; Andrew Haldane (1917–1944), an officer in the US Marine Corps in the Pacific Theatre, World War II nicknamed "Ack-Ack" Acknowledgment (disambiguation)

38. Attempting to extricate himself from a potential disaster, Jackson realized that the Union artillery fire was coming from a spur of the Blue Ridge that was known locally as the Coaling, where charcoal was made by a local family for their blacksmith shop.

39. Definitions of Barraging word noun Barraging Military. a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops. 1 noun Barraging an overwhelming quantity or explosion, as of words, blows, or criticisms: a barrage of questions

40. Other articles where Scarp is discussed: military technology: The sunken profile: As a practical matter the scarp, or main fortress wall, now protected from artillery fire by the glacis, was faced with brick or stone for ease of maintenance; the facing wall on the forward side of the ditch, called the Counterscarp, was similarly faced