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plural of carbine
Synonyms of carbines
as in assault weapons, assault rifles
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for carbines
- AK-47s,
- assault rifles,
- assault weapons,
- automatics,
- machine guns,
- machine pistols,
- repeaters,
- submachine guns,
- tommy guns
- blunderbusses,
- breechloaders,
- culverins,
- fieldpieces,
- firelocks,
- flintlocks,
- harquebuses
- (or arquebuses),
- matchlocks,
- muskets,
- rifles,
- shotguns,
- smoothbores,
- twenty-twos
- (or .22s)
- derringers,
- forty-fives
- (or .45s),
- gats
- [slang],
- handguns,
- pistols,
- revolvers,
- rods
- [slang],
- roscoes
- [slang],
- sidearms,
- six-guns,
- six-shooters,
- zip guns
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“Carbines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carbines. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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