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Definition of revolver
1 : one that revolves
2 : a handgun with a cylinder of several chambers brought successively into line with the barrel and discharged with the same hammer
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Recent Examples of revolver from the Web
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Bonds reportedly brandished a silver revolver before he was fatally shot by the responding NYPD officers.
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Authorities say Klein leaned out a window of an Amtrak train that was stopped at the Naperville station and shot Case once in the abdomen with a .38-caliber revolver.
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The man who walked into Comet Ping Pong, a Washington, D.C., pizza shop, armed with an AR-15 assault weapon and a revolver to investigate internet rumors has been sentenced to four years in prison.
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After about 2 1/2 hours, Mascara added, the man agreed to walk out of his car with Mascara unarmed, with his service revolver left on the backseat.
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Viewed from the long arc of history, Revolver was the John the Baptist, clearing the way.
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Which naturally means that the album, long regarded as the greatest of the band’s masterworks — now more commonly (and correctly) ranked below both 1965's Rubber Soul and 1966's Revolver — is getting a plush 50th-anniversary release.
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The officers retrieved a loaded revolver from Sterling's pocket after the shooting, according to federal authorities.
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The .38-caliber revolver has been linked by investigators to the April 28, 2015, killing of Alfred Wiley, 46, in Gary.
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First Known Use of revolver
circa 1835
REVOLVER Defined for English Language Learners
revolver
playDefinition of revolver for English Language Learners
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: a small gun with a container for bullets that turns after the gun is fired and puts another bullet into position to be fired next
REVOLVER Defined for Kids
revolver
playDefinition of revolver for Students
: a pistol having a revolving cylinder holding several bullets all of which may be shot without loading again
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See words that rhyme with revolver Spanish Central: Translation of revolver Nglish: Translation of revolver for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of revolver for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about revolver
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