AK-47

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Recent Examples of AK-47 One of the men shot an AK-47 through the officer’s window, wounding him. Longreads, 8 July 2025 Based on Broussard’s testimony, they were also indicted in the separate murder of a restaurant worker, Michael Wills, who Mackey killed with an AK-47 on July 12, 2007, near the North Oakland bakery. Thomas Peele, Mercury News, 9 June 2025 The law bans dozens of firearms — including the AR-15, the AK-47 and the Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifle — and puts a 10-round limit on gun magazines. Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 That briefing also said police had found two rifles — an AK-47 and an AR-platform rifle — along with ammunition next to the exploded vehicle. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for AK-47
Recent Examples of Synonyms for AK-47
Noun
  • No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Another invoice shows Hole purchased a rifle cleaning kit through Amazon on April 3, 2021.
    Tony Cook, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Elam has been researching the Pusser case for decades, and has provided information to the TBI, including a 2023 lead on a carbine that may have belonged to Pusser.
    Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Hale’s firearms included an AR-15 pistol, a semi-automatic AR pistol, a semi-automatic carbine rifle and a semi-automatic pistol.
    John Miller, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The purchase of the rifle was possible because IMPD and the Marion County prosecutors never filed a red flag petition with the court after seizing the shotgun.
    Tony Cook, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025
  • On a shotgun snap, a handoff slipped out of Bo Nix’s hands, the quarterback falling on it for a loss of four.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Barrow fired a machine gun at the prison to distract from the running fugitives.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
  • X-ray studies show the spray comes in rapid pulses, like a tiny machine gun, generated by a passive valve-and-membrane system that cycles pressure safely without cooking the beetle itself.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Some of them waged it, encamping with the armies, cooking, cleaning, and nursing, and, in a few exceptional cases, grabbing muskets themselves.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lastly, players have ranged weapons such as the fast firing bow called the Hankyu, long ranged Yumi, bombs and Tangeshima, or musket.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
    Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.
    MIKE CORDER, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.
    Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025

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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/AK-47. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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