The emplacement is a small mountain in itself; the men have run out into holes. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
The numerous white spots all about the emplacement are the craters caused by the bombs which were rained upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Italy at War and the Allies in the West] Reference
I would sit where I could keep the emplacement in view. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
"O.P." -- it had been a Boche trench-mortar emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
Santee and Dard undertook another visit to the hidden emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [Star Flight]
At about an hour before dawn we had got as far as making the emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
In the afternoon we worked on another emplacement and got it nearly finished. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from France] Reference
They've now found an emplacement they have put together what he called a FARP. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
All the sand for the fill around the emplacement was obtained in the same way. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
As to whether that has wiped out that emplacement there, very difficult to say. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006] Reference
All communicating trenches leading to the firing emplacement must be concealed. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
During the day it is never left in place nor fired from its actual emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [Military Instructors Manual] Reference
We made a very excellent and strong emplacement on the road, and used it henceforth. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
“If he used one — those prints in the emplacement were not exactly definitive.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
He thumbed the firing studs, and lances of purple-white energy lashed the enemy emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [The Flood]
I went to the end of the traverse alongside the emplacement, and watched the German trenches. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
Impossible to tell whether there had been an anti-gun emplacement or a missile launch site there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2006] Reference
From his emplacement, a good twenty feet up, he could see the boats beaching all along the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Sea Lion]
About five yards along this I come to a machine-gun emplacement, with a machine-gun sentry on guard. From Wordnik.com. [Bullets & Billets] Reference
There has been a large emplacement of Iraqi troops that have always been up there around the Iranian border. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2003] Reference
In the meantime he has had his gun's name, "Lady Ellen," neatly carved on a stone and put up on his emplacement. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
We began our search in the vicinity of the emplacement, the most logical place to sit while waiting for a meeting to begin. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
Make the colour of your emplacement as much like that of the surrounding ground as possible, including your sandbags, if used. From Wordnik.com. [With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service] Reference
According to a U.S. intelligence source, the office is "... ensuring the emplacement of commanders it favors and can control.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2007] Reference
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