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Recent Examples of flintlock
Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
—Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Jan. 2026
The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
—Robert J. Spitzer, Time, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flintlock
Noun
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His 134 men were armed with musket, cartridge pouch, and sword in case of a hostile encounter, and the Africaansche Galey lay close by with a couple of small cannon brought forward on the bow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The printing press, clocks, muskets — all these inventions changed humankind forever.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Four-receiver sets, a shotgun formation and breakneck tempo were foreign to Faulkner.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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After Lynch’s run and the Seahawks’ unsettled substitutions, Wilson got to the line in a shotgun formation with Lynch to his left.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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With feverish speed and characteristic blunderbuss, President Donald Trump has given the federal government – and himself – unprecedented control over private economic decisions.—
Matthew Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
28 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
Noun
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This tank is potentially equipped with a 130mm smoothbore gun.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Prosecutors accused the parents of allowing their son access to the firearm and ignoring warnings about his declining mental health and risk to others.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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Current owners can keep their firearms and sell them to dealers.—
Cindy Camp,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Police also found a 9-mm Mossberg semi-automatic pistol and Remington shotgun elsewhere in the house.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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After obtaining a search warrant for the home, authorities recovered a pistol in the living room next to Battle’s purse and a bullet casing that matched the gun’s caliber in the hallway.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Flintlock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flintlock. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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