Thesaurus results for FIREARM

firearm

noun

ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌärm

Definition of firearm next

as in gun

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder will need a permit to carry a firearm

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Recent Examples of firearm Authorities arrested Alexander Heifler in Hoboken on Thursday night on charges of unlawfully possessing and unlawfully making firearms. —

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026 Good cops, even when provoked, are conservative about using firearms. —

Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 In January 2025, King filed papers with the office of the Missouri Secretary of State to open his own firearms business, Fidelis Firearms KC. —

Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 On March 25, Glencoe Golf Club staff found physical evidence of firearm use and reported it to Public Safety, who resumed their investigation. —

Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for firearm

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gun

Noun

That's when authorities said the homeowner allegedly pointed a gun at the worker, sending him running for his life.

— Erika Stanish, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026