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Recent Examples of assault rifle
An assault rifle was located in his vehicle, police said.
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 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
When the man arrived at the apartment building, he and the woman were met in the hallway by another man who wore a ski mask and carried a semi-automatic assault rifle with an extended magazine.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 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
When the man arrived at the apartment building, he and the woman were met in the hallway by another man who wore a ski mask and carried a semi-automatic assault rifle with an extended magazine.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
Noun
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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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Barrow fired a machine gun at the prison to distract from the running fugitives.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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At the scene, Salt Lake City police officers found 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa on the ground with a gunshot wound and an AR-15 style rifle nearby.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sheriff’s officials said investigators found four firearms, including a rifle and a semiautomatic handgun without serial numbers, two additional handguns and a 30-round rifle magazine loaded with armor-piercing ammunition.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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