heavy artillery

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guns and howitzers of large caliber.

guns and howitzers of 155-millimeters caliber and larger.Compare light artillery (def. 2), medium artillery.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

We bonded while stealing heavy artillery and blowing things up.
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In essence, the warship was designed to have the better maneuverability of galleys while also having the volumetric capacity to hold heavy artillery.
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The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.
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“There is a heavy security presence but nothing has changed,” agrees Father Javier.
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The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
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“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Up till then I was just a dog-assed heavy, one of the posse.
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The policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The Mexican artillery soon laid a part of the fort in ruins.
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They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Hunter-Weston despite his heavy losses will be advancing to-morrow which should divert pressure from you.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton