emplacement

Example Sentences

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Mr Tullier said he and his wife had been told about the site being used as a German gun emplacement, but they had a suspicion there was something else there.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

Such military activities include “border-barrier construction and emplacement of detection and monitoring equipment,” the memo states.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

For example, the scientists identified a U.S. artillery emplacement in the lidar readings based on its distinctive “U” shape and eastward placement, which would have faced advancing German troops.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 14, 2023

The men — Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory and James Townsend — were field hands, forced by the Confederacy to build an artillery emplacement at Sewell’s Point.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2020

Then sense came back to Maddie for a minute and she realized that Queenie was dragging her to the nearest antiaircraft gun emplacement.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein