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firearm
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A firearm can be used primarily as a tool , instead of as a weapon , to project either single or multiple objects at high velocity through a controlled explosion. The firing is achieved by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" [syn: piece , small-arm ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB carry ▪ What does seem more difficult to believe, however, is that the practice of carrying firearms was habitual among Hooligans. ▪ Senior officers say more and more criminals are prepared to carry firearms in cash ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also fire-arm , 1640s, from fire (n.) + arm (n.2). Anything which expels a missile by combustion of gunpowder (or a similar substance), from a pistol to a cannon. Related: Firearms .
Usage examples of firearm.
Indian women and children would be left at the Russian fort as hostages of good conduct, and at the head of as many as four, five hundred, a thousand Aleut Indian hunters who had been bludgeoned, impressed, bribed by the promise of firearms to hunt for the Cossacks, six Russians would set out to coast a tempestuous sea for a thousand miles in frail boats made of parchment stretched on whalebone.
It loads with a detachable magazine, holding five rounds, not unlike an autopistol, but it is not a firearm and it may be purchased currently without registration and even by mail.
He touched Drumfire with his toes and broke into a trot, heading directly for the and una By now the Nguni must have understood the terrible menace of the firearms, but the man showed no fear: he increased the speed of his charge, and lifted his shield to clear his spear arm, his face twisted with the ferocity of his war-cry.
French fur traders, cast out of the western forts and now roaming the wilds, fanned the flame, gave presents of gunpowder and firearms to the savages, and egged the hostiles on against the new possessors of Canada, in order to divert the fur trade to French traders still in Louisiana.
Every single firearm out of the same gunsmithy has its particular peculiarities.
Witnesses reported that the squire vanquished his assailants with his bare hands despite their equipage with firearms.
Then I know, from Earth history, what to do, There must be several thousand Hoka males around, and they all have some kind of firearms.
The officer in turn gave it to Teerts, making sure all the while that the flight leader could not grab his small firearm.
Four hundred of them now rose in revolt, and armed with pitchforks, scythes and what firearms they could lay hold of, marched on the village of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia.
The Indians of the missions were not allowed to possess firearms at this period.
They are also highly proficient with firearms, using a tiny revolver that shoots naillike projectiles and a rifle that shoots poison darts with a range of two hundred yards.
Johnny Skinhead both his horse and his old sword, personally helping the Ganik to rearrange both baldric and weapons belt to facilitate easy access for the left hand, and as they all headed south, the sometime prisoner rode with the mounted wounded, differing from them only in his nonuniform clothing, his long, straight sword in place of a saber and his lack of a firearm.
Never had the ourang outangs heard the sound of a firearm, and the noise, seemingly in such close proximity, filled them with such terror that on the instant they forgot all else than this new and startling fear, and with headlong haste leaped away into the jungle, leaving Bulan lying where he had fallen.
In selecting your survival stores, add some high velocity solids or some semi-hollow points to your Stingers and you should be well supplied for any chores that you could reasonably expect your rimfire firearm to perform.
The necromancer, teeth bared and eyes widened, stared down the barrel of the firearm at the Roofman, crazed with greed.