Artillery and Gunfire

Artillery

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

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Gunfire and artillery are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Gunfire" with "Artillery", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: artillerist

Gunfire noun - The act of shooting a gun.

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Artillery and gunfire are semantically related in shot topic. Sometimes you can use "Artillery" instead a noun "Gunfire".

normal	normal artillery	normal gunfire
direct	direct artillery	direct gunfire
regular	regular artillery	regular gunfire
standard	standard artillery	standard gunfire
Other adjectives: endless, sufficient, accurate, heavy, actual, real, large, little, automatic, mundane, less, overwhelming, basic, naval, incoming, coastal.

The Battle of Toba-Fushimi in the prologue, set about a decade earlier shows this in action with swordfights going on amidst artillery and gunfire.

Source: Film / Rurouni Kenshin
The British eventually came back in a second invasion which resulted in the Zulu Empire going down in a hail of gunfire and artillery with the occasional bayonet thrust.

Source: Useful Notes / Shaka Zulu
Not only did the Union hold the high ground, giving their artillery a huge advantage, but the Confederates were forced to attack across a large, open plain with no cover from Union artillery and gunfire.

Source: Geo Effects

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