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单词 assault rifles
释义

assault rifle

noun

: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire
also : a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The knife — a clip-point blade with some type of military seal and an image of an assault rifle etched onto the handle — was retrieved from Kelley at the scene of the crime, investigators said. Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 Connecticut’s 2013 gun law expanded the definition of an assault rifle, instituted new permit requirements, banned more than 150 gun models, and banned the sale of bullet-carrying magazines containing more than 10 rounds. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2022 The messages continued until a few days before the attack, with the final posts including photos of an assault rifle on which racist slurs were scrawled along with the names of other mass shooters. Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 17 May 2022 Midday Tuesday, a gunman unleashed some 60 bullets from the barrel of an assault rifle on an East Baltimore street, killing a 25-year-old man and injuring three others. Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2022 On jungle crests about a mile from the front lines in eastern Myanmar, a former hotel banquet coordinator slipped his index finger onto the trigger of an assault rifle. New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 Authorities allege Rosales got out of his vehicle, fired multiple shots at Galloway with some type of assault rifle and then got back in his car and drove away. Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 27 Jan. 2022 Wilson said the amendment changed where the owner of an assault rifle could use it, not whether the person could own the gun. Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021 Last month, Figueroa allegedly posted a photo of an assault rifle to one of his Instagram accounts — an image which has since been deleted, according to his criminal complaint. Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

assault rifles

noun

plural of assault rifle
as in assault weapons

Synonyms & Similar Words

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