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emplacement

emplacement

4 9.6
A prepared position where a weapon like a gun is placed for fighting
  • noun
  • /ɪmˈpleɪsmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : emplazamiento
  • During the assault, our troops took cover behind a hastily constructed emplacement to defend against enemy fire.
  • a gun emplacement

But we have, we have missile emplacements now a few miles from the Russian border.

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Examples

  • That gun emplacement is tearing us apart!

    Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

  • The navy would use morning light to pinpoint the fire of its big guns on enemy emplacements.

    Academic text (1994)

  • So if there is a weapons' emplacement up there, I suggest you guys bring rockets.

    Act of Valor (2012)

  • But we have, we have missile emplacements now a few miles from the Russian border.

    Megyn Kelly

  • We use it to blast rock for gun emplacements.

    Vertical Limit (2000)

  • The black dots represent known enemy emplacements.

    Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

  • I want a machine gun emplacement here and one over on that spur... so we can cross-fire this area.

    The Fighting Seabees (1944)

  • The planned military construction included the building of permanent military structures such as gun emplacements, as well as a mini naval base.

    Academic text (1999)

  • I have charted all gun emplacements and air batteries.

    Mata Hari (1931)

  • Police firebases and gun emplacements are indicated in the San Gabriel Mountains.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

gun emplacement
vsemplacement
  • Specialized
2 8.3

A protected place built where a gun is placed and fired, often for defense

is a fortified or prepared site for placing weapons for combat use
military position
vsemplacement
1 4.7

A place where soldiers stay to fight or defend

is the specific fortified location for placing weapons rather than general force areas
entrenchment
vsemplacement
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A military position protected by trenches

is a prepared weapon position rather than a trench-protected fortification
weapons emplacement
vsemplacement
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A prepared place where a gun or cannon is set to fire

is a fortified or prepared site for placing weapons for combat use
intrenchment
vsemplacement
  • Archaic
9.9

A defensive position where soldiers stand behind trenches during war

is for placing weapons, not specifically a trench-built defence

Compounds

gun emplacement
  • Specialized
2 8.3

A protected place built where a gun is placed and fired, often for defense

weapons emplacement
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A prepared place where a gun or cannon is set to fire

How Fortified

stronghold
64 5.5
emplacement
  • Specialized
4 9.6
position
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

emplacement singular
emplacements plural

Morphology

emplacement = emplace (semi-transparent) = em + place + ment

While morphologically 'emplace' + '-ment' is clear, the specialized military sense 'a prepared or fortified position for weapons' is a domain-specific extension not fully predictable from 'place' + '-ment'.

Etymology

Emplacement comes from French em- 'in' and place 'to put', the same root as the English word place, and it was used for any made or chosen spot. That's why an emplacement can mean a prepared position or hole where a gun or weapon is put to be used.