All howitzer synonyms

noun howitzer

• ordnance — cannon or artillery.
• mortar — a mixture of lime or cement or a combination of both with sand and water, used as a bonding agent between bricks, stones, etc.
• piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
• rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
• cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
• pistol — a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
• shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
• revolver — a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.
• hardware — metalware, as tools, locks, hinges, or cutlery.
• handgun — any firearm that can be held and fired with one hand; a revolver or a pistol.
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• sword — a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
• gun — Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
• missile — an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
• nerve gas — any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
• machete — a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
• ammunition — Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
• firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
• knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
• musket — a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
• rod — a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
• difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
• uzi — a compact 9mm submachine gun of Israeli design.
• persuader — a person or thing that persuades: The cool lake was a most enticing persuader for those who liked to swim.
• blaster — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
• magnum — a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
• flintlock — an outmoded gunlock in which a piece of flint striking against steel produces sparks that ignite the priming.
• forty-five — a cardinal number, 40 plus 5.
• catapult — A catapult is a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.
• dagger — A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
• spear — a sprout or shoot of a plant, as a blade of grass or an acrospire of grain.
• bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
• ax — An ax is a tool used for cutting wood. It consists of a heavy metal blade that is sharp at one edge and attached by its other edge to the end of a long handle.
• bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
• spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
• lance — a male given name.
• saber — a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
• club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
• dart — If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
• blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
• cleaver — A cleaver is a knife with a large square blade, used for chopping meat or vegetables.
• baton — A baton is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
• bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
• hatchet — a small, short-handled ax having the end of the head opposite the blade in the form of a hammer, made to be used with one hand.
• blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
• battle-ax — a heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
• arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
• boomerang — A boomerang is a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
• cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
• cutlass — A cutlass is a short sword that used to be used by sailors.