: a weapon for shooting quarrels and stones that consists chiefly of a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a stock
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Joss’ shooter, in a June 2024 police report, claimed Joss had driven past his house waving a crossbow and hurling racial slurs.—Ethan Bauer, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2025 An intro video followed, featuring footage of the actor rehearsing with crossbow in hand.—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 July 2025 But the man escaped and ran toward the mall with a crossbow, so officers fired at him, killing him, police said.—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025 To get samples from live dolphins, Orbach is trained and permitted to use a crossbow that shoots special darts at the dolphins that are designed to bounce back into the water, capturing a piece of tissue less than 1 centimeter in diameter.—Olivia Garrett, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for crossbow
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