artillery strike
Cannon fire attack
An artillery strike is an attack using large-caliber guns—howitzers, cannons, or rocket launchers—typically fired from a distance at enemy positions or infrastructure.
The term emphasizes the coordinated, targeted nature of the bombardment: The village was leveled by an artillery strike.
In military and news contexts, it often describes attacks on specific objectives rather than sustained shelling.
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- shellingSustained artillery attack
- rolling barrageArtillery fire moving forward
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- fire missionCommand to engage target
mortar · howitzer · heavy guns · cannon · explosion · blast · crater · kill zone · incoming · danger close · salvo · ordnance · firepower · shock and awe · target · grid reference · impact · thunder
- military operationsoffensive, attack, marines, Desert Storm, NATO operations
- tactical victoryambush, flanking maneuver, surprise attack, encirclement, breakthrough
- Military Strikesairstrike, precision bombing, bombing run, bombing raid, air raid
- combatbattle, fight, combat, unarmed combat, grappling
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
artillery strikehand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
close combat · melee · bayonet charge · knife fight · trench warfare
artillery strikeretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
withdrawal · ceasefire · surrender · evacuation · taking cover
artillery strikepeace treaty
Formal end to hostilities
armistice · diplomatic negotiation · humanitarian aid · peacekeeping mission · truce
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