Thesaurus results for SMALL ARM

small arm

noun

as in firearm

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol

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Recent Examples of small arm From the north and from the island’s southern highpoint, 550-foot Mount Suribachi, shells and small arms fire rained on the Marines, the Courant reported. —

Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026 Sort of small arms warfare, where they were harassed for months in one of these sad situations where the cops wouldn’t intervene. —

Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026 The Russia-Ukraine War began as a fairly standard 21st-century conventional war, marked by huge armored columns trying to take key cities and military installations, air assaults, close air support, and small arms gunbattles. —

Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025 Still, no small arm matches its raw stopping power within its effective range. —

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Noun

Kearee Captain, 21, of Hercules, was also charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, due to a prior weapons conviction in Contra Costa, court records show.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
One 16-year-old male was charged with delinquent unlawful possession of a firearm, large capacity feeding device and ammunition and carrying a loaded firearm and is expected to be arraigned in West Roxbury District Court.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026