emplacementnoun [ C ]
uk/ɪmˈpleɪs.mənt/us/ɪmˈpleɪs.mənt/specializeda position specially prepared for large pieces of military equipment
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Places involved in military activity
- base
- Bastille
- battlefield
- battleground
- beachhead
- billet
- boot camp
- camp
- garrison
- GHQ
- guard post
- guardhouse
- guardroom
- line
- PX
- redoubt
- sentry box
- staging area
- the front line
- theatre
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Examples from literature
- At each emplacement there was a range chart giving the ranges to all parts of the enemy's trenches, and to every prominent object both in front of and behind them, within its field of fire.
- I was in an outpost with one of the companies when I saw in the distance one of our men crawling on his hands and knees up to a German machine-gun emplacement.
- Nor were all these emplacements in condition to receive their armament.
- Such notes greatly assist in locating machine gun emplacements.
- We made a very excellent and strong emplacement on the road, and used it henceforth.