Usually means: Artillery, short barrel, high trajectory.
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  1. howitzers: Merriam-Webster
  2. howitzers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. howitzers: Vocabulary.com
  4. Howitzers, howitzers: Wordnik
  5. howitzers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. howitzers: Wiktionary
  7. howitzers: Dictionary.com
  8. Howitzers: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. howitzers: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Howitzers: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (howitzer)

noun:  A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
noun:  (sports, rugby, ice hockey) A powerfully hit shot.
verb:  (transitive) To attack with a howitzer.
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