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
Recent Examples on the Web
The film tells a conspiracist version of the AK-47 attack on the Regency Hotel, claiming, without evidence, that the police and various politicians were complicit.
—
Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
School shootings are an obvious one, made explicitly so by Archer seeing a giant AK-47 with the number 217 in red floating above a house.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors allege that these individuals committed acts of violence using weapons including AK-47s, grenades, and machine guns.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The day before the murders, Bell accompanied Williams to buy an AK-47, magazine devices and bullets.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for AK-47
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
School shootings are an obvious one, made explicitly so by Archer seeing a giant AK-47 with the number 217 in red floating above a house.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors allege that these individuals committed acts of violence using weapons including AK-47s, grenades, and machine guns.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The day before the murders, Bell accompanied Williams to buy an AK-47, magazine devices and bullets.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for AK-47
Cite this Entry
“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AK-47. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share