Artillery and Formation

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Artillery noun - Large firearms (as cannon or rockets).

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Formation and artillery are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formation" instead a noun "Artillery".

Nearby Word: artillerist

Formation noun - The way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized.

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Artillery and formation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artillery" instead a noun "Formation".

Nearby Words: form, formed, forming, format, formative

good	good artillery	good formation
special	special artillery	special formation
best	best artillery	best formation
standard	standard artillery	standard formation
Other adjectives: proper, heavy, actual, large, early, conventional, basic, giant, soviet, massed.

This resulted in a large cavalry formation insufficiently supported by a little artillery running into the British and Hanoverian reserves (infantry supported by artillery).

Source: Hollywood Tactics
Some units (the HQ and artillery units) were immobile in their non-movement formation.

Source: Dual Mode Unit
Artillery or archer units in Real-Time Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy games also tend to have this trait, as they're meant to be far away from combat, or at least in the back of the formation.

Source: Glass Cannon

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