emplacement
IPA: ɪmpɫˈeɪsmʌnt
noun
- An installation that houses a military weapon.
- A place where a thing is located; the act of placing something somewhere.
- (geology) The inclusion of igneous rock in older rocks, or the development or localization of an ore body in older rocks. The latter is referred to as ore deposition.
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Examples of "emplacement" in Sentences
- Remnants of the emplacement still exist.
- Rates of magma emplacement and volcanic output.
- The enemy machine gun emplacement was destroyed.
- At one point this emplacement opened fire on a crowd.
- That earthwork was a cannon emplacement defending the harbor.
- Heedless of his wound, he boldly rushed the emplacement, firing as he advanced.
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