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Recent Examples of flintlock
Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
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Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Remington, the country’s oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
Remington, the country's oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—Jeff Amy, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021
Remington, the country's oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—CBS News, 8 Nov. 2021
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Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
Remington, the country’s oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
Remington, the country's oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—Jeff Amy, ajc, 8 Nov. 2021
Remington, the country's oldest gun maker, began making flintlock rifles in 1816.
—CBS News, 8 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flintlock
Noun
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The framers of the U.S. Constitution lived in an age of muskets and messengers, when war moved slowly and left time for Congress and the president to confer.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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On April 19, 1775, the crack of a musket marked the first official command for colonists to fire upon the red-coated army of Britain’s King George III.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
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First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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Police said Westman is believed to have used three guns in the attack -- a rifle, a shotgun and a handgun -- firing through the church's windows as young students had gathered for morning mass.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Westman was armed with a rifle, a shotgun and a pistol, according to police, who said the three guns were legally purchased.—
Janelle Griffith,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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And with the Trump administration taking a blunderbuss to anything that remotely resembles DEI, the mood across the entertainment industries is generally apprehensive.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Noun
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This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Researchers recently found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an early form of cannon, that were most likely used by Vlad the Impaler, during his bloody battle in 1461 with the Ottoman Turks.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
5 Aug. 2019
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Lanez was convicted in 2022 of felony assault with a semiautomatic firearm and sentenced in August 2023 to 10 years in prison.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The new rule and the announcement that USCIS officers can carry firearms are the most recent steps to transform the agency into a different entity, away from one founded to adjudicate benefit applications and provide services to the public.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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As the boys ran away down the street, the man raised the pistol again and fired at them, striking Guzman in the back.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then almost a month later, on Wednesday, a search warrant was served at the residence, with officials recovering a stun gun, replica pistol, drugs and drug paraphernalia, the district attorney's office said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Flintlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flintlock. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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