observation tower Meaning of "observation tower"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings

Usage(s):

  1. One hit an observation tower, showering shrapnel onto nearby homes.
  2. I had always had trouble differentiating between incoming and outgoing fire when I watched fighting from the comfortable confines of the sandbagged observation tower at Restrepo.
  3. When the service insisted on closing a tourist observation tower atop Cemetery Ridge on the Gettysburg Battlefield whenever he is at the farm, he made no objection.
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