heavy artillery

noun
1.
guns and howitzers of large caliber.
2.
guns and howitzers of 155-mm caliber and larger. Compare light artillery ( def 2 ), medium artillery.
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heavy artillery definition


  1. n.
    powerful or persuasive persons or things. (The same as big gun.) : Finally, the mayor brought out the heavy artillery and quieted things down.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
He may have been in a heavy artillery regiment or the navy.
All the heavy artillery of conservatism was there, and the participants were
  speaking to their own.
Heavy artillery is becoming an increasingly important factor in deciding
  battles.
The swampy terrain and enemy heavy artillery fire forced them to retire.
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