noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An howitzer shell screamed down to smash the wheel of the last gun limber.
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An even more agonizing ordeal for his troops was to position the howitzers and antiaircraft guns in the hills above Dienbienphu.
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But like a howitzer brought out to shoot ants, it left us with other problems.
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Even Reeves's younger brother, under the full blast of a howitzer shell, had stood a better chance.
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The company said it was selling to concentrate on building tanks, howitzers, propulsion systems and Cosworth engines.
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The question is: Should we roll out the howitzer every time corruption appears?
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The room looks as if it was hit by a howitzer .
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Two howitzer shells exploded a few paces from his horse, both blasts beginning small fires among the rye.