noun
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the art and science of the efficient design and use of ordnance, esp artillery
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guns collectively
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the use and firing of guns
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(modifier) of, relating to, or concerned with heavy guns, as in warfare
a gunnery officer
Etymology
Origin of gunnery
Example Sentences
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Unbelievably, the Mary Rose’s gunnery crew had failed to obey an order to close the gunports after the ship had begun to list.
From Literature
In 1943 he joined the Navy, where as a seaman he carried out general ship and gunnery duties on the Flower class corvette HMS Potentilla.
From BBC
Mr Verge was a gunnery officer based in Portsmouth in 1953 and helped train the sailors who took part in the ceremony.
From BBC
The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided.
From Seattle Times
Any Marine gunnery sergeant in a movie — and no doubt some in the real world too — operates in the shadow of R. Lee Ermey in “Full Metal Jacket.”
From New York Times
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