AK-47
noun
: a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire
Examples of AK-47 in a Sentence
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You're being held at gunpoint by towering figures wearing black and holding AK-47s.
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Pamela Appea, Parents, 7 Apr. 2024
By my second visit to Pittsburgh, in November, 2022, Vincent had decided to stay permanently in the U.S., been baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and added an AK-47 and two Sig Sauer handguns to his arsenal.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The defense said that because an AK-47 was used, the bullet could be as far as a mile away.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
Special forces have targeted numerous terror targets in the area, seizing combat equipment including explosives, grenades and Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles.
—Forbes International, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The Kalashnikov assault rifle, also known as the AK-47, was the next major technological boon to terrorists.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
Videos and images released between then and Monday have shown AK-47s, ammunition, grenades, uniforms and computer equipment, which the IDF claims belong to Hamas, inside the hospital.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Inside the basement of the hospital, which officials said has been evacuated, were abandoned AK-47s, grenades and what Hagari said were suicide vests.
—ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
Kibbutz security fought off a group of around 30 militants armed with grenades and AK-47s at the front gate.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
Pamela Appea, Parents, 7 Apr. 2024
By my second visit to Pittsburgh, in November, 2022, Vincent had decided to stay permanently in the U.S., been baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and added an AK-47 and two Sig Sauer handguns to his arsenal.
—Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
The defense said that because an AK-47 was used, the bullet could be as far as a mile away.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
Special forces have targeted numerous terror targets in the area, seizing combat equipment including explosives, grenades and Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles.
—Forbes International, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
The Kalashnikov assault rifle, also known as the AK-47, was the next major technological boon to terrorists.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
Videos and images released between then and Monday have shown AK-47s, ammunition, grenades, uniforms and computer equipment, which the IDF claims belong to Hamas, inside the hospital.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
Inside the basement of the hospital, which officials said has been evacuated, were abandoned AK-47s, grenades and what Hagari said were suicide vests.
—ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023
Kibbutz security fought off a group of around 30 militants armed with grenades and AK-47s at the front gate.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Russian avtomat Kalashnikova 1947 Kalashnikov automatic rifle of 1947
First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
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