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Recent Examples of assault weapon
In a 2013 survey of criminologists, public health scholars, and legal academics, an assault weapons ban was ranked the single most effective measure among 20 policy options for reducing mass shootings.
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John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Two guns rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a ban on assault weapons in an Illinois county.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
Felony possession of an assault weapon is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine under California law.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Two guns rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a ban on assault weapons in an Illinois county.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
Felony possession of an assault weapon is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine under California law.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
Noun
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Cowan blew up a watermelon with an assault rifle in one ad.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Early reports by the news service quoted an unnamed LAPD officer as saying the man who was killed was firing an assault rifle into the air.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2026
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Both legal experts who spoke to NPR noted that the two machine gun charges, which carry lengthy prison sentences, may push Maduro into at least considering a plea.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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Jared Tomas Gonzalez, 25, of Gary, and Terrell Zair Samuels, 20, of East Chicago, are both charged with possession of a machine gun, a Level 5 felony, and misdemeanor resisting law enforcement by using a vehicle.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It was buried inside a shipping container alongside a silencer, an Uzi submachine gun and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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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
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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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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