Artillery and Platoon

Artillery

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

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

Nearby Word: artillerist

Platoon noun - A group of people working together on a task.

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Artillery and platoon are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artillery" instead a noun "Platoon".

best	best artillery	best platoon
contemporary	contemporary artillery	contemporary platoon
allied	allied artillery	allied platoon
actual	actual artillery	actual platoon
Other adjectives: large, main, personal, conventional, soviet, naval, armored, incoming, ballistic, anti-tank.

Having lost their sergeant temporarily to an artillery accident, the platoon of army privates stays up all night studying for their march display the next day.

Source: Rousing Speech
Fick eventually gives up and walks away to the disbelief of his platoon, who are rather understandably worried about getting hit by friendly artillery fire.

Source: Literature / Generation Kill
Kelly's platoon is bombarded by their own side's artillery repeatedly, thanks to the incompetent Mulligan getting the coordinates wrong.

Source: Friend or Foe

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