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Recent Examples of assault rifle
Police searched Cagle's Chevrolet flatbed and found the assault rifle with 27 rounds.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Officers later found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck parked just outside the terminal.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Investigators said Thomas Sanford, 40, of Burton rammed his pickup truck into the church, jumped out and began firing an assault rifle at congregants.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Some videos showed Rocha shooting what appeared to be an assault rifle.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Officers later found an assault rifle and ammunition in his truck parked just outside the terminal.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Investigators said Thomas Sanford, 40, of Burton rammed his pickup truck into the church, jumped out and began firing an assault rifle at congregants.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Some videos showed Rocha shooting what appeared to be an assault rifle.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The 1994 federal assault weapons ban exemplifies regulatory efforts to curb overall gun violence.—
Gregory P. Magarian,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Another video proliferated across social media showed an RSF gunman shooting an unarmed man in civilian clothing with a machine gun dozens of times point-blank, causing his body to partially disintegrate.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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This includes the engine’s cylinder heads, valves, pistons, fuel system pipes, machine gun components, fuselage, the wings and the cockpit panel pieces, according to the BBC.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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During the brutal winter that followed, Allied casualties mounted at such an unsustainable clip that European Theater headquarters put out a call for Black volunteers to serve in white rifle companies at the front.—
Time,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mahmoud also allegedly purchased a rifle and two boxes of ammunition with more than 800 rounds in each box.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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