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n. (plural of automatic English)
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Automatics are an English punk rock and new wave band that was formed by Dave Philp in 1976 after a brief stint as the singer with The Boys.
Usage examples of "automatics".
HARD on the opening shots came the bursts of automatics, as Cliff and Hawkeye fired into the killers who were closing on the cab.
Then, satisfied that he was uncrippled, The Shadow produced his little flashlight and found the automatics that he had released in his fall.
From among the pillars came the bursts of automatics, stabbing shots straight for Butch and the startled crew of thugs.
Scooping his automatics, he supplied a kick to a revolver that a wounded thug was aiming.
Twisting his automatics inside the compact bundle, he pushed the black cloth out between the bars.
Unwrapping it, Cranston placed two automatics under his belt, slid the cloak over his shoulders, and pulled the slouch hat down upon his head.
That was to blast away the bars on the office window with slugs from his automatics, and thereby get outside.
Not only by his laugh, but with the thrusts of his big automatics was The Shadow offering battle to a thousand foemen.
The Shadow, a fresh brace of automatics in his fists, was still concentrating upon the yard, to quell outbursts there.
He was halfway along the passage before he flung away his automatics, to snatch up revolvers that crooks had dropped.