howitzer

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
2. noun A powerfully hit shot.
3. verb To attack with a howitzer.

Similar words

trench mortar mortar cannon gun pounder gun-howitzer hobit howitz hotchkiss gun harbus

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Word family

howitzers