firearm
noun
fire·arm
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌärm 
: a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
—usually used of small arms
Examples of firearm in a Sentence
revolvers, rifles, and other firearms
will need a permit to carry a firearm
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Luis Martinez Agramonte, 25, of Dorchester, faces multiple firearm and drug possession and distribution charges after Boston Police Department officers arrested him Friday morning.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Rob Doar, an attorney and president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, told KTSP in Minneapolis that the firearm the federal agent emerges with has the same optic and coloring as the one in an image posted by the White House on social media and displayed during a news conference with Noem.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Another agent, wearing a grey jacket, can be seen from some camera angles reaching into the scrum of other officers and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the DHS says Pretti possessed.
—Thomas Bordeaux, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
McKee is accused of illegally entering the Tepes' home with a firearm equipped with a silencer, shooting the Tepes -- whose bodies were found in a second-floor bedroom -- and leaving the property along a dark alley alongside the house.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Rob Doar, an attorney and president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, told KTSP in Minneapolis that the firearm the federal agent emerges with has the same optic and coloring as the one in an image posted by the White House on social media and displayed during a news conference with Noem.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 25 Jan. 2026
Another agent, wearing a grey jacket, can be seen from some camera angles reaching into the scrum of other officers and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the DHS says Pretti possessed.
—Thomas Bordeaux, CNN Money, 25 Jan. 2026
McKee is accused of illegally entering the Tepes' home with a firearm equipped with a silencer, shooting the Tepes -- whose bodies were found in a second-floor bedroom -- and leaving the property along a dark alley alongside the house.
—Arkansas Online, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Firearm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firearm. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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firearm
noun
fire·arm
ˈfī(ə)r-ˌärm
: a weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
—usually used only of small arms
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