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automatic rifle

noun

  1. a type of light machine gun capable of firing automatically or in single shots.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of automatic rifle1

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

By then the S-75 had earned a reputation similar to that of the ubiquitous AK-47 automatic rifle, designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.

Authorities also found a shotgun and an unregistered AK-47 automatic rifle in the home.

He was eventually made corporal of an automatic-rifle squad.

Across his saddle horn rested a long-barrelled automatic rifle, of latest make and pattern.

By its very nature the expedition was composed exclusively of infantry divisions carrying the latest type of automatic rifle.

The fact that each of those Boches was armed with an automatic rifle as precise and effective as his own, Butrel ignored.

Young Wickson put his hands up first, then turned to confront Biedenbach, who held a thirty-thirty automatic rifle on him.

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