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: 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.
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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
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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
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“Crossbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crossbow. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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crossbow
noun
cross·bow
-ˌbō 
: a short bow mounted crosswise near the end of a wooden stock that shoots short arrows
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