Artillery- Noun- 1) large guns that are used to shoot over a great distance
2) The part of an army that uses large guns to shoot over a great distance
The word is found in the story of “What you Pawn I will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie in the paragraph of
One day, she tended to a wounded Maori soldier, who had lost his legs to an artillery attack. He was very dark-skinned. His hair was black and curly and his eyes were black and warm.
Jackson Jackson was talking about the story of a patient who lost his legs during the attack of using large guns or weapons, his grandmother taking care off.
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